Song of Whaling, A

DESCRIPTION: "September last the Point we past, With westly breeze so fair, We went over the shoals like jovial souls" to go whaling in the Leo. They take two whales and stop at the Isle of May, then at Nantucket and other points, then return home
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1794 (Journal of the _Polly_)
KEYWORDS: whaler travel return
FOUND IN:
REFERENCES (1 citation):
Huntington-TheGam-MoreSongsWhalemenSang, pp. 33-35, "A Song of Whaling" (1 text, 1 tune)
Roud #27525
File: HGam033

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