Knopfler-Taylor fine

In case you aren't familiar with the Mason-Dixon Line, a crude definition would be: C. 18th border betwixt US states that came to be seen as dividing the North and South, and to an extent continues to be viewed that way.

Surveyors Charles Mason and Jeremiah Dixon were both English. In his popular-science bestseller "A Short History Of Nearly Everything", Bill Bryson remarks on this fact - along with the two men's contribution to astronomy, the mystery surrounding them (unexplained parting, no known likenesses, few references) and their miserable deaths.

They live on, though, in the beautiful song "Sailing To Philadelphia" by Mark Knopfler. He voices Dixon, while James Taylor plays Mason. I want to quote from every verse. The chorus, too. Easier if you listen for yourself...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H4AwxdsB518