Steady She Goes

DESCRIPTION: "The Yankee tar ... fearless braves the angry deep." The mail boat brings no letter from Kate. "The storm is past the battle o'er ... homeward bound" he thinks of Kate "and his big heart springs"
AUTHOR: Thomas Morton (source: Frank-JollySailorsBold)
EARLIEST DATE: 1870 (Frank-JollySailorsBold for the Yankee tar version; 1806 (_A Select Collection of Songs_) for the British tar version
KEYWORDS: love battle war home return separation travel sea ship storm America nonballad lover sailor
FOUND IN: US(NE)
REFERENCES (3 citations):
Frank-JollySailorsBold 188, "Steady She Goes" (1 text)
ADDITIONAL: (no author listed), _The Universal Songster_, vol. 1, (London: John Fairburn, 1825 (available on Google Books)p. 308, "Steady She Goes, All's Well!" ("The British tar no peril knows") (1 text)
(no author listed), _A Select Collection of Songs_, (Newcastle upon Tyne: S. Hodgson, 1806 (available on Google Books)), pp. 91-92, "Steady She Goes" (""The British tar no peril knows") (1 text)
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NOTES [62 words]: As Frank writes, "To render the lyrics suitable for Yankee sailors and American audiences ... American editors simply redirected the offending patriotic sentiments by substituting 'Yankee' or 'Columbia' wherever 'British' or 'England' occur." So, The Universal Songster's 'The British tar' becomes 'The Yankee tar,' and 'An English vessel' becomes 'Columbia's vessel.'" - BS
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