Talk:The Mary Ellen Carter

Cusick
As in "Cusick down the road" in Field Behind the Plow? Pustelnik (talk) 18:06, 17 November 2007 (UTC)

True Story?
Does anyone know if this song relates a true story?

* Septegram * Talk * Contributions * 21:19, 6 March 2008 (UTC)

No, but the song provided enough of a morale boost to save a half-drowned sailor's life. That's at least as interesting: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fT-aEcPgkuA&NR=1

Interestingly, I've met Americans and Britons who had no idea Rogers was Canadian. One hears what one wants to, I suppose. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.157.187.101 (talk) 14:03, 14 October 2008 (UTC)

Bayshore discovery project
I have just removed the following text from the article for the second time. It is uncited, and I could find no source after a good-faith search. I notified the editor who added it after the first time it was added, and intend to add another comment onto eir talk page as soon as I've posted here. If you can find a source per WP:V for this content, please feel free to add it again.


 * Bayshore Discovery Project’s Theme Song
 * The song Mary Ellen Carter had a direct influence in the creation of the Bayshore Discovery Project. The Project – somewhat modeled after Pete Seeger’s  project with the Hudson River Sloop Clearwater – has as its unofficial theme song Mary Ellen Carter.  Project creators Meghan Wren, Greg Honachefsky and some others, resurrected the Delaware Bay oyster schooner A.J. Meerwald, berthed at Bivalve, NJ, for educational, environmental and historical goals – a floating classroom.  When they heard the comment that it is understandable they should choose this song, they responded that, no, it was the other way around.  They were singing over some beers one night and when another “jar hit the bar” they exclaimed, “We have to find a boat to resurrect.”  The rest is history.
 * The song Mary Ellen Carter had a direct influence in the creation of the Bayshore Discovery Project. The Project – somewhat modeled after Pete Seeger’s  project with the Hudson River Sloop Clearwater – has as its unofficial theme song Mary Ellen Carter.  Project creators Meghan Wren, Greg Honachefsky and some others, resurrected the Delaware Bay oyster schooner A.J. Meerwald, berthed at Bivalve, NJ, for educational, environmental and historical goals – a floating classroom.  When they heard the comment that it is understandable they should choose this song, they responded that, no, it was the other way around.  They were singing over some beers one night and when another “jar hit the bar” they exclaimed, “We have to find a boat to resurrect.”  The rest is history.

--me_and (talk) 20:37, 16 August 2010 (UTC)

Obituary
I've removed the "Obituary" link from the References section. The link does not go to the obituary, but just to a generic ad page for the Boston Globe.

I have replaced it with a link to one of Rogers' actual published Obits. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.89.176.249 (talk) 00:36, 3 October 2019 (UTC)

Genre
The line "The song has become a classic of the genre" seems to have been present since the initial creation of the page, which called it an "inspirational hymn." A later edit changed this to "shanty," simply saying "It's not a hymn, it's a shanty." A yet later edit entirely removed the clause describing it as being about triumphing over great odds, which also contained the indication of genre. I found the song having heard it called a sea shanty, but am certainly not an expert on musical genres and feel unqualified to make such an assertion with any confidence. ChloeAlex69 (talk) 21:45, 24 November 2021 (UTC)Chloe/Alex