'Go down you blood red roses' is thought to be one of A L Lloyd's many self written 'traditional folk songs'.........

I have read that! There are similar lines in older chanteys, but "blood red roses"/"pinks and posies" is not attested anywhere before Lloyd sang it in the 1956 Moby Dick and the origins he gave for it on his recordings don't line up. I am honestly charmed.

That said, damn good song!

Agreed. It is not the first chantey I knew, but it really got my attention the year my summer exploded with sea-music in 2006.