Depending on the programs purpose and musical selection,The Rogues appear attired in either 18th or 19th Century
clothng of the two periods,adding to the color
Old Maui
A foca€™sa€™le or fore bitter shanty related to whaling in the north Pacific Ocean and Bering Straits/Artic grounds in the 1840s-1850s. The tune apparently is that of 18th C. a€œThe Miller of Deea€ while the lyrics have been found transcribed by crewmen from the records of the New Bedford, MA bark a€œWaverlya€ 1859-63; the a€œAtkins Adamsa€ of New Bedford, 1858; and the a€œEuropaa€ 1868-70 of Edgartown, MA. While American whaled the Pacific by 1787 and used the Hawaiian islands as a base by 1819, a Sag Harbor, NY ship a€œSuperiora€ appears to have been the first north of the Bering Straits in 1848. The songs historical details seem to date its origins to the 1840s.
