Bowhead Whaling Song

DESCRIPTION: Warning against whaling in Okhotsk Sea. A whale stoves a boat. The captain lets the crew drown. The captain's wife rules the captain to the crew's disadvantage. The ship returns home.
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1870 (source: Frank-JollySailorsBold)
KEYWORDS: shrewishness warning home return travel death drowning dying commerce sea ship tasks work ordeal Russia whale husband wife boss sailor whaler
FOUND IN: US(NE)
REFERENCES (1 citation):
Frank-JollySailorsBold 157, "Bowhead Whaling Song" (1 text)
Roud #31394
File: FJSB157

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