Brave Seaman, The

DESCRIPTION: "The waves dash high against the rocks with a mighty thund'ring roar." A ship is in distress. On shore, a man declares, "I must save them." He takes his boat out to the reef and rescues the sailors
AUTHOR: Words: Kathleen Clark / Tune: supplied by Kris Paprocki (source: Lane/Gosbee-SongsOfShipsAndSailors)
EARLIEST DATE: 1928 (Lane/Gosbee-SongsOfShipsAndSailors)
KEYWORDS: ship rescue wreck disaster
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REFERENCES (1 citation):
Lane/Gosbee-SongsOfShipsAndSailors, p. 72, "The Brave Seaman" (1 text, 1 tune)
NOTES [57 words]: According to Lane/Gosbee-SongsOfShipsAndSailors, this was written by a schoolgirl in 1928. Although relatively accomplished for a student piece, there is no hint whatsoever that it went into tradition, and it was probably a poem for a class, not a spontaneous composition. If it's folk, I'm a Martian. But I'm indexing it for completeness. - RBW
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