Simple Ballad, A (A Tall and Hearty Fisherman)

DESCRIPTION: "A tall and hearty fisherman for Campobello Island Resolved to try his luck...." He meets another fisherman whose boat was confiscated. They end up in court. Buying herrings is "hundoubted larceny," so one is convicted of arson for their court behavior
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1871 (Eastport Sentinal, according to Eckstorm/Smyth-MinstrelsyOfMaine)
KEYWORDS: fishing ship humorous
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REFERENCES (1 citation):
Eckstorm/Smyth-MinstrelsyOfMaine, pp. 317-319, "A Simple Ballad" (1 text)
NOTES [61 words]: I'm quite sure there is a back story to this, and I'm pretty sure the poet was making fun of something (hence my keyword "humorous"), but I think you had to be around at the time to actually have a clue what this was about. I note that Eckstorm/Smyth-MinstrelsyOfMaine offers it without explanation; I'm almost certain they didn't know what it was about either. - RBW
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File: EcSm317

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