Bridget Ann, The

DESCRIPTION: "Sez I, me boys, don't you want to go fishing? I'll ship you off in the Bridget Ann." Captain and crew take many fish and salt them in the hold. They sail until the hold is full, despite bad weather, then head for home
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1928 (Lane/Gosbee-SongsOfShipsAndSailors)
KEYWORDS: ship fishing travel
FOUND IN: US(NE)
REFERENCES (1 citation):
Lane/Gosbee-SongsOfShipsAndSailors, pp. 252-253, "The Bridget Ann" (2 texts, 1 tune; the two texts have almost nothing in common except the name "Bridget Ann" and may be separate songs; the tune is from another source)
ALTERNATE TITLES:
On Board the Bridget Ann
NOTES [52 words]: The description is based on Lane/Gosbee-SongsOfShipsAndSailors's primary text; a description of their second text would be entirely different. They may well be separate songs, but with only one instance of each form, it's not really possible to know. Nor is the tune any help, because Lane and Gosbee fitted it. - RBW
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