THE CAPTAIN’S APPRENTICE   aka THE CRUEL SHIP’S CAPTAIN

26th October 1857 Captain John Doyle, the master of the bark John Sugars, from Ceylon, was found guilty of unlawfully inflicting upon Robert Eastick, a sailor boy, grievous bodily harm. It was alleged that Robert Eastick was driven to commit suicide as a result of the harassing treatment of the captain.


Old Bailey Proceedings, 26th October 1857 from Old Bailey on Line.org     https://www.oldbaileyonline.org/browse.jsp?name=18571026
Mainly Norfolk: The Captain's Apprentice / The Cruel Ship's Captain     https://mainlynorfolk.info/lloyd/songs/thecaptainsapprentice.html
Various recordings of “The Cruel Ship's Captain ” on YouTube    https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=The+Cruel+Ship%27s+Captain
Various recordings of “The Captain’s Apprentice ” on YouTube     https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=the+captain%27s+apprentice+folk+song
Come All You Men Throughout This Nation - Harry Cox    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QJGXo843vsQ
Ralph Vaughan Williams: Folk Songs from the Eastern Counties No. 8, The Captain's Apprentice sung by Roderick Williams    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bg0X4w57dw0
Roy Palmer explores the history of the traditional song The Captain's Apprentice' on BBC Radio3    https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01m2n8t