In the Morning

DESCRIPTION: "We're a 65-ton hooker, and we're jammed up in the Bight." Sailing her is hard; she may well sink. "And for two-pound-ten a month we have to go where duty calls. We can't be much worse off... whatever luck befalls In Kingdom-blanky-Glory in the morning."
AUTHOR: Marshall Nalder (source: Bailey/Roth-ShantiesByTheWay-NZ)
EARLIEST DATE: 1900 (Sydney Bulletin, according to Bailey/Roth-ShantiesByTheWay-NZ)
KEYWORDS: ship hardtimes
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REFERENCES (1 citation):
Bailey/Roth-ShantiesByTheWay-NZ, p. 132, "In the Morning" (1 text)
File: BaRo132

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