“Ah, for just one time I would take the Northwest PassageTo find the hand of Franklin reaching for the Beaufort SeaTracing one warm line through a land so wide and savageAnd make a northwest passage to the sea.”Stan Rogers Northwest Passage (1981)
“God damn them all!I was told we'd cruise the seas for American goldwe'd fire no guns -- shed no tears!Now I'm a broken man on a Halifax pierThe last of Barrett's Privateers.”Stan Rogers Barrett's Privateers (1976)