P. 271. =A New Sea Song.= Bodleian Library (pressmark 2803. f. 4). P. 274. =The Blanche Frigate.= A composite text put together from three versions in the editor’s possession, printed by Pitts, Keys, and Ferraby, and from one in the Madden collection (_Country Printers_, i. 48_b_). The latter is the earliest and best, but some readings have been adopted from the others, and there are several conjectural emendations. An alternative title is _The Tars of the Blanche_. P. 276. =The Amazon Frigate.= From a slipsong in the possession of the editor, printed by J. Pitts. On the action see James’s _Naval History_, ii. 12; on the wreck of the Droits de l’Homme see Duncan, _Mariner’s Chronicle_, ii. 300. P. 277. =A New Song= (=The Seventeen Bright Stars=). Record Office, Admiralty, Secretary. _In Letters_ cxi. _Correspondence of Bridport and Others_, August 1798. P. 279. =The Genius of Britain.= From the Madden collection (_Slipsongs_, i. 318). P. 280. =British Tars Rewarded.= From the Madden collection (_Slipsongs_, i. 96, No. 316). P. 282. =A New Song on Parker.= Printed by Masefield, _A Sailor’s Garland_, p. 121. P. 282. =The Death of Parker.= Printed by W. H. Logan, _A Pedlar’s Pack_, p. 62. Other versions with variants are in the possession of the editor. P. 283. =A New Song in Praise of Admiral Duncan.= From the Madden collection (_Country Printers_, i. 50). P. 285. =A New Song on the Engagement between the Mars and La Hercule.= From the Madden collection (_Slipsongs_, ii. 318, No. 1378). P. 286. =Verses Written on Board the Astræa.= Extracted from the _Memoirs of James Hardy Vaux_, 2nd edition, London 1827, p. 57. Stanza 5, l. 5 ‘my poor half-pint.’ Half a pint of rum (or arrack in India) was the ration till about 1825. Officers, and apparently the midshipmen, got it in bottles. To the men, since Vernon’s time, it was served out as grog twice a day. P. 289. =The Arrow.= Printed in Ashton’s _Real Sailor Songs_, p. 23. Original in the British Museum (pressmark 11621, c. 6 [1]). P. 290. =Copenhagen.= Printed in Laughton’s _Nelson Memorial_, p. 196, and in Beattie’s _Life of T. Campbell_, ii. 42-6. P. 295. =Action off Copenhagen.= From the Madden collection (_London Printers_, ii. 7). In the original the first line of the last verse runs, ‘Now, my brave boys, we have beaten the Danes,’ and there is another verse beginning, ‘Now to conclude and to finish my tale.’ P. 296. =A New Song on Lord Nelson’s Victory.= Printed in Ashton’s _Real Sailor Songs_, p. 16. Original in the British Museum (pressmark 1077. g. 47 [18]--a chapbook entitled _Nelson’s Wreath_). P. 297. =A New Song composed by the Wounded Tars at the Siege of Boulogne.= Versions of this, entitled _The Battle of Boulogne_, were printed by Catnach and Birt, and are reprinted by Ashton, _Real Sailor Songs_, p. 17. The version in the text is from a chapbook in the British Museum (pressmark 1076. l. 2 [45]).