Mariner's Song, The

DESCRIPTION: "Gaily we go o'er the salt blue sea." "No charms for me hath the fairest vale Like the wilderness of waters"
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1827 (John Imlah, _Mayflowers_)
KEYWORDS: sea ship sailor
FOUND IN: US(NE)
REFERENCES (2 citations):
Frank-JollySailorsBold 226, "The Mariner's Song" (1 text)
ADDITIONAL: John Imlah, _Mayflowers_ (London: Baldwin, Cradock, and Joy, 1827 (available on Google Books), pp. 99-100, "The Mariner's Song" ("Gaily we go o'er the salt blue seas") (1 text)
Roud #31405
File: FJSB226

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