Cloud Ships

DESCRIPTION: "Like snow white sailing boats on a blue sea High in the heavens are clouds floating free. If I could fly to one,... Sailing and sailing what pleasure 'twould be. We should look down from our ship in the sky... Anchor our cloud to a mountain top high."
AUTHOR: English Translation: Homer H. Harbour ? (source: Sanders)
EARLIEST DATE: 1924 (Concord Series No. 14, according to ChansonsDeNotreChalet)
KEYWORDS: nonballad travel campsong
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REFERENCES (3 citations):
Averill-CampSongsFolkSongs, p. 196, "Cloud Ships" (notes only)
Sanders-SingHighSingLow, pp. 8-9, "Cloud-Ships" (1 text, 1 tune)
ChansonsDeNotreChalet, p. 62, "Cloud Ships" (1 text, 1 tune)
NOTES [40 words]: Sanders lists this as a "Tyrolese folk song," which presumably means the original is in German, although probably not standard German. I have not found a German text, not even in ChansonsDeNotreChalet which is so fond of foreign versions. - RBW
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