Sailor Boy's Farewell (II), The

DESCRIPTION: Sea-boy's loving farewell prayer for his family: the ships he has known. Personalized as father, mother, sister and George. "Farewell to all -- on life's rude main, Perhaps, we ne'er may meet again."
AUTHOR: Richard M. Meade (source: Frank-JollySailorsBold)
EARLIEST DATE: 1833 (Journal of the Lotos, according to Huntington-SongsTheWhalemenSang)
KEYWORDS: sea ship religious sailor
FOUND IN: US(NE)
REFERENCES (3 citations):
Huntington-SongsTheWhalemenSang, pp. 304-305, "The Sailor's Farewell" (1 text)
Frank-JollySailorsBold 29, "The Sailor Boy's Farewell" (2 texts, 2 tunes)
ADDITIONAL: _The Universal Songster_ vol. 3 (London: Jones and Co., 1834 (available on Google Books)), pp. 185-186, "The Sea-Boy's Farewell to the Family-Fleet" ("Wait, ye winds, till I repeat A parting signal to the fleet") (1 text)
Roud #2095
File: FJSB029

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