Cutter Water Lily, The

DESCRIPTION: "Were I a 'ready writer,' I would sing the praises swell Of the cutter Water Lily, her mighty deeds to tell." The British (Canadians) and Americans fight over bait. They catch a Yankee at Campobello. They argue about whether the Americans are prisoners
AUTHOR: Captain Samuel P. Cousins (source: Eckstorm/Smyth-MinstrelsyOfMaine)
EARLIEST DATE: 1926 (Eckstorm/Smyth-MinstrelsyOfMaine)
KEYWORDS: ship fight fishing
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REFERENCES (1 citation):
Eckstorm/Smyth-MinstrelsyOfMaine, pp. 315-317, "The Cutter Water Lily" (1 text)
NOTES [71 words]: There is no evidence this is traditional, but it's certainly about a traditional problem. Until the advent of trawlers in the twentieth century, cod were caught with baited lines, and there were constant conflicts about who had the right to fish and cut bait where -- it's a constant issue of Newfoundland histories. I don't know if this arises out of a particular incident, but there were plenty of situations like this. - RBW
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