Spanish Ladies (Farewell and Adieu)

Описание: I haven't done a sea song in a while, and wanted to record something to promote the new album by Forty Degrees South:
https://fortydegreessouth.bandcamp.co...

There are few different versions of the lyrics for this song, but I used the ones from this 1840 book, Poor Jack:
https://archive.org/details/Captain_M...

The book has the text: "As this song was very popular at that time among the seamen, and is now almost forgotten, I shall by inserting it here rescue it from oblivion". (good job Captain Marryat).

The song might be as old as 1624, but more likely 1796:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish...

Some sites for the bits of a ship that get mentioned:
https://www.hnsa.org/manuals-document...
https://chestofbooks.com/crafts/mecha...

All about depth sounding:
https://blog.nls.uk/plumbing-the-dept...

The thumbnail painting is by Joaquín Sorolla, "Los guitarristas, costumbres valencianas".

Some folks will understand why this photo is funny in the context of the verse:
https://news.usni.org/2014/07/01/hund...

A post about just how far it is from Ushant to Scilly:
https://strangenewwords.wordpress.com...

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