In the DT it credits Allison & Waller. The 1st verse is from Treasure Island - Rob Lou Stevenson & called "Cap'n Billy Bones His Song". Ewing Allison over the course of his life wrote the additional 5 verses & called it "A Piratical Ballad" & later called it "Derelict". Henry Waller, in 1901 composed a musical for the stage with this growing ditty. Barry

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Go here: Lyr Req: The Derelict: 'Yo ho ho and a bottle...' or here: Tune Req: Fifteen Men on a Dead Man's Chest--JoeClone, 11-Nov-2009.