Thanks, Barry. My personal interest in this song is that Maine captains and crews in the mid 19th century would often make a run down to Cuba with a cargo of lumber, load up with sugar and rum for London, and then bring back a variety of goods to the states. Many of these captains were in the early twenties when the rose to command their family built ships and barks. Unfortunately, I haven't run across any references to any sea shanties in the diaries I've had access to. I may try reworking this one.

Cheerily,
Charley Noble