CHARLES DIBDIN BIOGRAPHY
CHARLES DIBDIN BIOGRAPHY from the Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John Cousin.
DIBDIN, CHARLES (1745-1814). —Dramatist and song writer, born at Southampton, began his literary career at 16 with a drama, The Shepherd's Artifice . His fame, however, rests on his sea songs, which are unrivalled, and include Tom Bowling , Poor Jack , and Blow High Blow Low . He is said to have written over 1200 of these, besides many dramatic pieces and two novels, Hannah Hewitt (1792), and The Younger Brother (1793), and a History of the Stage (1795).