Bounty, The

DESCRIPTION: "From Portsmouth Harbour we did set sail, The glass was high and foretold a gale, For fair Tahiti we sailed away...." They stop at many places before they reach Tahiti. Bligh forces the men to leave. Fletcher Christian rebels against Bligh
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1987 (Browne-FolkSongsOfOldHampshire)
KEYWORDS: ship sailor rebellion
HISTORICAL REFERENCES:
Apr 28, 1789 - Mutineers overthrow the command of William Bligh on HMS Bounty
FOUND IN:
REFERENCES (1 citation):
Browne-FolkSongsOfOldHampshire, pp. 32-36, "The Bounty" (1 text, 1 tune)
CROSS-REFERENCES:
cf. "Packet Ship" (subject of the Bounty mutiny)
File: BrHa032

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