Sebastopol is taken

Here’s a capstan chantey of which I have of yet not found any recorded performance. It is mentioned in print by just a few authors. Masefield, in A SAILOR’S GARLAND (1906), gives the lyrics only, to 3 verses. His notes about it : “One of the best, and most popular, capstan chanties is that known as “Sebastopol.“ The words are, if anything, rather better than most. The tune is excellent and stirring. It moves to quicker time than most capstan chanties.“ “Popular“ as it may have been, it only appears in maybe two other works following. One, it seems, is Captain Frank Shaw’s SPLENDOUR OF THE SEAS (1953). I don’t have access to that book, but it appears to be the source that Hugill cites for his version in SHANTIES FROM THE SEVEN SEAS (1961). Hugill, who attributes no oral source, gives one additional verse than Masefield (4 in total). The text refers to, of course, the Siege of Sebastopol, of the Crimean War. This d