I mentioned a poem/song up above that I wanted to learn. I have the Pinch o' Salt CD, and I have the booklet that comes with it - I just can't find it!
(The booklet - I suspect I carefully separated it from my other music books so I could get at the words, and the booklet got sucked into the black hole that roams around my property. I'll find it again when I don't need it.)

If anyone has it in a book and could help me out...please?

It starts out:

Tall, rakin' clipperships, drivin' hell for leather
Swingin' down the forties in the eastern weather
.........
Bound for greater Frisco, not to be denied,
(more missing from brain) Those were the ships like Murphy used to sail in
Those were the ships he'd weathered many a gale in
.....
In the old days, the hard days
The done with mast and yard days
And ah, but they were grand days
The days when he was young.

...and the verse I referred to in my above post:

Hard, hairy sailormen with weathered, tanned faces
Hands bent from haulin' on sheets, tacks and braces
Brawn forearms tattered with strange devices
....
Those were the men like Murphy used to be with
Those were the sort of blokes he used to be with
...

Sorry there's so much missing from my head. I'll try to transcribe it from the CD at some point, but there are still words - mostly place names - I can't make out.

I don't know if I'll ever manage to sing the song because the tune has quite a wide range. I don't necessarily want to change it. The tune on the CD is perfect for the song. I listen to both words and tune and can vividly imagine the salt spray and wind, and feel the excitement of a way of life gone by, eloquently and passionately described by someone who had been there to experience it.

Thanks!