Selected by the Oxford historian C. H. Firth for the Navy Records Society in 1908, this large collection traces the Royal Navy and English seafaring through popular verse, from poems on the Battle of Sluys and the Spaniards at sea to Sir Andrew Barton, John Dory, broadside ballads on sea fights, sailors’ wives’ complaints and songs of the age of Nelson, each with historical notes.
An invaluable source for naval history and a lively anthology of the sea songs of the common sailor. Download the free EPUB.