Bob ROBERTS (1907-82) well-known for his stories
about life aboard ship and his books on single-handed sailing and Thames
barges - he talks about them with affection, the boat-builders, smuggling
on the river Orwell, Margaret Catchpole, and introduces the songs he learned
on board ship - accompanying, all except two, with squeeze-box (melodeon)
- recorded at Pinmill, near Ipswich, Suffolk 1952
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