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May 7, 2016
May 7, 2016
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a Halifax pier
The last of Barrett's Privateers
The last of Barrett's Privateers
Scaryblonde may be right, but a falling truck isn't highly damaging. I suspect the original may have been Main Top, a massive structure half-way up the main mast which supports the top mast. And carries a fighting position, where the author may have been at the time. When the mast came down, the top is several tons of falling mayhem; the truck is only a few pounds or tens of pounds. Then again, to a non-nautical singer, perhaps "main trunk" as in the mast itself, may have sounded OK. There is no such thing in nautical jargon however.
May 7, 2016
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May 7, 2016
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The Yankee lay low down with gold, HOW I WISH I WAS IN SHERBROOKE NOW!
She was broad and fat and loose in the stays
But to catch her took the Antelope two whole days
God damn them all
She was broad and fat and loose in the stays
But to catch her took the Antelope two whole days
God damn them all
Having established the prize was "fat and loose" the author is saying that their privateer wasn't much better. Taking two whole days to catch a ship that wasn't more than 15-20 miles away is pretty disparaging.
May 7, 2016