Shipping Agents, The

DESCRIPTION: "A shipping agent seems to me A kind of hungry shark... They crimp the sailors when they can And make them pay a fee." The sailors don't even know their destination. The food is awful and insufficient. There is no gold in the diggings they reach anyway
AUTHOR: Words: Charles R. Thatcher (1831-1878)
EARLIEST DATE: 1958 (Anderson, Goldrush Songster, but found in a nineteenth century manuscript)
KEYWORDS: travel emigration ship food gold hardtimes
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REFERENCES (4 citations):
Bailey/Roth-ShantiesByTheWay-NZ, pp. 47-49, "The Shipping Agents" (1 text, tune referenced)
Anderson-GoldrushSongster, pp. 59-61, "The Shipping Agents" (1 text, 1 tune)
Anderson-ColonialMinstrel, pp. 124-125, "The Shipping Agents" (1 text, 1 tune)
Hoskins-GoldfieldBalladeer-LifeAndTimes-Charles-R-Thatcher, pp. 178-180, "The Shipping Agents" (1 text, 1 tune)
CROSS-REFERENCES:
cf. "Oh! Susanna" (tune)
NOTES [29 words]: For brief background on Charles Thatcher's career, see the notes to "Where's Your License?" For an extensive collection of his songs, see Anderson-StoryOfAustralianFolksong. - RBW
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