We'll Soon Be There

DESCRIPTION: "Hurrah, hurrah, we're homeward bound, Hurrah, the wind blows fair... We'll soon, we'll soon be there." "Haul line, haul line, ye Yankee girls, and coil it clean and fair... we'll soon be there." Don't fear storms. The singer smells the home sod.
AUTHOR: probably J. Goram (source: Pamela A. Miller, _And the Whale Is Ours: Creative Writing of American Whalemen_)
EARLIEST DATE: probably 1840s (source: Miller)
KEYWORDS: sailor return home
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REFERENCES (1 citation):
Pamela A. Miller, _And the Whale Is Ours: Creative Writing of American Whalemen_, David R. Godine/Kendall Whaling Museum, 1979, p. 27, "We'll Soon Be There" (1 text)
Roud #31334
NOTES [63 words]: There is no real reason to think this is traditional. J. Goram probably wrote it, and it never spread. But it has a Roud number, so I'm including it here because I located a printed version.
Goram, who copied and probably wrote this, wrote several other pieces cited by Miller, but this appears to be the only one with a Roud number, so I'm citing the first printed source.. - RBW
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File: AWIO027

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