Schooner Fred Dunbar, The [Laws D14]

DESCRIPTION: A sailor speaks of his vessel's travels, all the while advising the girls about the pleasures and advantages of going out with sailors
AUTHOR: Amos Hanson
EARLIEST DATE: 1932 (Lane/Gosbee-SongsOfShipsAndSailors)
KEYWORDS: sea sailor travel
FOUND IN: US(NE)
REFERENCES (3 citations):
Laws D14, "The Schooner Fred Dunbar"
Lane/Gosbee-SongsOfShipsAndSailors, pp. 102-104, "The Schooner Fred Dunbar" (1 text, 1 tune, composite)
DT 832, FREDDUNB*
Roud #2237
NOTES [34 words]: Amos Hanson is credited with at least three songs in the Index, "The Schooner Fred Dunbar" [Laws D14], "A Trip to the Grand Banks," and the fragment "Sail Away." None is very well known or preserved. - RBW
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