The Yankee Man-of-War
Tune MIdi Sequence and notes
by Lesley Nelson-Burns
Notes at Digital Tradition indicate the tune "commemorates a non-battle. Privateer John Paul Jones sailed into the Irish Sea in 1778 to attack British shipping and raid the coast of Cumberland. He encountered a larger and more powerful British man-o'war, but his lighter vessel, the Ranger, was able to outrun and outmaneuver the British ship, and escaped."
Many tunes sprang up around the exploits of John Paul Jones.
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