On a Passage to the Crozet Islands

DESCRIPTION: Ship leaves Massachusetts, stops at Cape Verde for food, and heading south gets a right whale. Having no luck at the Crozets they head further south and pursue another whale.
AUTHOR: Richard C. Reynolds (source: Frank-JollySailorsBold)
EARLIEST DATE: 1844 (source: Frank-JollySailorsBold)
KEYWORDS: home travel commerce sea ship food ordeal whale sailor whaler
FOUND IN: US(NE)
REFERENCES (1 citation):
Frank-JollySailorsBold 149, "On a Passage to the Crozet Islands" (1 text)
NOTES [95 words]: "The Crozet Islands ... are a sub-Antarctic archipelago of small islands in the southern Indian Ocean. They form one of the five administrative districts of the French Southern and Antarctic Lands." (Wikipedia "Crozet Islands").
The song ends without resolving the final pursuit. The singer just says, "This is as true as the stars they do shine, You that don't believe it try it and see, And if you don't find it so call and see me. Richard C. Reynolds" - BS
For a list of the (highly obscure) works of Richard C. Reynolds in the Index, see the notes to "Cape Horn." - RBW
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File: FJSB149

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