Voyage on New Holland, A

DESCRIPTION: "Come all you bold whalemen that plow the rough main Off the coast of New Holland or off that of Spain." An extremely detailed (more than 70 stanza) description of a whaling voices, describing the places they visit, the whales, ships seen, the return home
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: before 1852 (Marble Family papers, according to Huntington)
KEYWORDS: whaler travel ship home
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REFERENCES (1 citation):
Huntington-TheGam-MoreSongsWhalemenSang, pp. 76-85, "A Voyage on New Holland" (1 text, 1 tune)
Roud #27542
File: HGam076

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