Eighteen Hundred Forty-Nine

DESCRIPTION: A ship leaves New Bedford in 1849, heading south (around Cape Horn to California), "bound away in search of gold." They hope for "oceans mild and pleasant gales" but "gales did rage and seas did roar"
AUTHOR: George H. Ashley (source: Frank-JollySailorsBold)
EARLIEST DATE: 1852 (source: Frank-JollySailorsBold)
KEYWORDS: travel commerce sea ship ordeal storm gold
FOUND IN: US(NE)
REFERENCES (1 citation):
Frank-JollySailorsBold 37, "Eighteen Hundred Forty-Nine" (1 text, 2 tunes)
Roud #38192
File: FJSB037

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