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The Pogues' Down With The Dead Men and Turkish Song Of The Damned, Stan Rodger's version of Barretts Privateers (he was the best!) and since Trapper mentioned Don Freed from Saskatoon I'll submit a prarie pirate tune though the band's from further east.

http://arrogant-worms.lyrics-songs.com/lyrics/2226/

I can never get the blasted hyperlinks to work right, but the accounts I found of my ancestor's travels are found well documented in

http://www.fullbooks.com/A-General-History...agesx24519.html Clicking back to the start (My section was chapter 10 mostly) should give a fair bit of info. If the url doesn't go there for you, a google search for 'john clipperton ship speedwell 'shows the fullbooks link a few answers down. I realize the time-frame isn't quite what you're looking for, but I wonder how much things changed in 40 years back then?

ps; here's to all the ladies