Aurora's Whaling Song, The

DESCRIPTION: The ship has come around Cape Horn anticipating "many rough tales" about catching sperm whales. "But where we may wander What e're our luck be I'll be to the[e] ever What thou art to me"
AUTHOR: George Edgar Mills (source: Frank-JollySailorsBold)
EARLIEST DATE: 1858 (source: Frank-JollySailorsBold)
KEYWORDS: love commerce sea ship nonballad whale lover sailor whaler
FOUND IN: US(NE)
REFERENCES (1 citation):
Frank-JollySailorsBold 146, "The Aurora's Whaling Song" (1 text)
Roud #31399
NOTES [58 words]: I do not know if this song is about an actual whaler named Aurora. If it is, the date cited by Frank shows that it is not the same ship as the whaler/sealer Aurora based in Newfoundland, which is the subject (e.g.) of "First Arrival -- 'Aurora' and 'Walrus' Full" and "Arrival of 'Aurora,' 'Diana,' 'Virginia Lake,' and 'Vanguard,' Loaded." - RBW
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File: FJSB146

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