The Dead Man's Chest

For works with similar titles, see Derelict.

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"The Dead Man's Chest", also called "Fifteen Men on the Dead Man's Chest", originated as a fictional sea-song written by Robert Louis Stevenson as part of his 1883 novel Treasure Island. Young E. Allison expanded this song into a poem of several stanzas, which was published with the title "Derelict" in the Louisville Courier-Journal in 1891. Allison continued to revise and expand "Derelict" throughout his lifetime. Other authors have also created their own versions based on either Allison's poem or on the original lines by Stevenson.

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Versions of The Dead Man's Chest include:

Stevenson's version

"Fifteen men on the dead man's chest" in chapter 1 of Treasure Island (1883)—for versions, see Treasure Island.
"Fifteen men on the dead man's chest" in "The Dead Men's Song" published in The Phoenix, Vol. 3, No. 1 (July 1915).
"Fifteen men on the dead man's chest" in "Y. E. A. and a Bottle of Rum", published in Buried Caesars (1923)

Allison's version

"The Dead Men's Song" published in The Phoenix, Vol. 3, No. 1 (July 1915).
"Derelict" in "Y. E. A. and a Bottle of Rum", published in Buried Caesars (1923)
"Derelict", published in Famous Single Poems (1924).

Other versions

"Stevenson's Sailor Song", anonymous, in "Y. E. A. and a Bottle of Rum", published in Buried Caesars (1923)
"The Pirate Song" by Alice C. Hyde in "Y. E. A. and a Bottle of Rum", published in Buried Caesars (1923)