Jack Tar

I first encountered Jack Tar in 1982 when I heard Maddy Prior sing &quot;Saucy Sailor&quot;. Still one of my favorite songs.<p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.youtube.com&#x2F;watch?v=IgSwnL4au64" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.youtube.com&#x2F;watch?v=IgSwnL4au64</a><p>(or the canonical version: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.youtube.com&#x2F;watch?v=OxXhA88ru0A" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.youtube.com&#x2F;watch?v=OxXhA88ru0A</a>)

There&#x27;s &quot;Two years before the mast&quot;, by Richard Dana, a sailor who visited San Francisco Bay years before the Gold Rush.