Wonderful Whalers, The

DESCRIPTION: "Fathers of the oratory, Listen to my surprising tale." The Ann Alexander, under Captain Deblois, goes whaling. A whale destroys one of the boats but at last is taken. The ship itself survives, although with difficulty
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1851 (London Punch, according to Huntington-TheGam-MoreSongsWhalemenSang)
KEYWORDS: whaler battle
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REFERENCES (1 citation):
Huntington-TheGam-MoreSongsWhalemenSang, pp. 72-75, "The Wonderful Whalers" (1 text, 1 tune)
Roud #27541
NOTES [35 words]: As a poem, this is almost unreadable; as history, it is wrong, because the Ann Alexander was so badly damaged in her fight with a whale that she eventually sank. One wonders why anyone bothered to print it. - RBW
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