Bark Ocean Rover, The

DESCRIPTION: "Many and trim are the whalers that appear A-cruising the New Holland ground over," but none is like the Ocean Rover. She sails well and is faster than the Pamelia. They will soon be homeward bound
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1859 (Journal from the Ocean Rover)
KEYWORDS: ship whaler bragging
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REFERENCES (2 citations):
Huntington-SongsTheWhalemenSang, pp. 37-38, "The Bark Ocean Rover" (1 text)
ADDITIONAL: Pamela A. Miller, _And the Whale Is Ours: Creative Writing of American Whalemen_, David R. Godine/Kendall Whaling Museum, 1979, pp. 157-158, "(no title)" (1 text)
Roud #2009
File: AWIO157

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