Under Way

DESCRIPTION: "Hurrah my lads, get underway, Right welcome comes the warning." The ship is homeward bound. The singer calls on his comrades to work hard that they may make the voyage safely. They will arrive with banners flying
AUTHOR: George E. Mills? (see Huntington-TheGam-MoreSongsWhalemenSang)
EARLIEST DATE: 1854 (Journal of the Java)
KEYWORDS: sailor ship return home
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REFERENCES (1 citation):
Huntington-TheGam-MoreSongsWhalemenSang, pp. 142-143, "Under Way" (1 text, 1 tune)
Roud #27544
CROSS-REFERENCES:
cf. "We Come, We Come" (another George E. Mills song)
cf. "Song to Captain S. D. Oliver" (another George E. Mills song)
NOTES [26 words]: George E. Mills, who copied and probably wrote this, wrote quite a bit of poetry in whaling journals in the 1850s; see the songs in the cross-references. - RBW
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