Maria T. Wiley, The

DESCRIPTION: "Come all you Wiscasset sailors, I pray you lend an ear, I'll sing to you a ditty You never did hear. It's of the Maria T. Wiley. Under Captain Charles Coffin, she heads to Savannah with bricks and hay. The crew hates her but hopes for good wages
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1926 (Eckstorm/Smyth-MinstrelsyOfMaine)
KEYWORDS: ship travel hardtimes
FOUND IN: US(NE)
REFERENCES (1 citation):
Eckstorm/Smyth-MinstrelsyOfMaine, pp. 323-324, "The Maria T. Wiley" (1 text)
File: EcSm323

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