As chief gunner for Jean Lafitte,
he was some pirate; as chief artilleryman for Gen. Andrew Jackson
at the battle of New Orleans, he was some patriot. I feel stronger
in my piracy than in my seamanship. I love criticism--especially of
poetry. If there is a single verse, or, mayhap, one line, of
"Derelict" that will hold, without leaking, anything of a specific
gravity heavier than moonshine, it would surprise me. But it
_seems_ to, when it is adopted as a "real chanty"--and that's the
test, that it "seems."
Y. E. A.
Transcriber's Note: The book has a Pocket with 7 pieces of paper
which are facsimiles noted in the text. The music for _A Piratical
Ballad_ has been transcribed and is available as a _Finale_ .mus
file, a pdf file, and a midi file.
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