Praise of Saylors Here Is Set Forth, The

DESCRIPTION: "As I lay musing in my bed, Full warm and well at ease, I thought upon the lodging hard Poor sailors have at see." They face hunger, cold, and storm, although captain and boatswain and pilot fight hard against the seas. The singer wishes them well
AUTHOR: unknown (Stone-SeaSongsAndBallads suggests it might be by Martin Parker)
EARLIEST DATE: before 1680 (broadside Bodleian 4o Rawl. 566(157)
)
KEYWORDS: sailor ship hardtimes storm
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REFERENCES (2 citations):
Palmer-OxfordBookOfSeaSongs 11, "The Praise of Sailors" (1 text)
Stone-SeaSongsAndBallads VII, pp. 10-12, "The Praise of Saylors" (1 text)
Roud #V32242
BROADSIDES:
Bodleian, 4o Rawl. 566(157), "The praise of saylors here set forth," F. Coles, T. Vere, T. Wright, J. Clarke (London), 1674-1679; also Douce Ballads 2(173b), "The praise of saylors is here set forth," J. Clarke, W. Thackeray, T Passinger (London), 1684-1686
NOTES [66 words]: The two Bodleian broadsides are curiosities: each has three woodcuts; one is the same in each, a second appears to be a mirror image (which means it must have been re-carved). The typography is also similar. One suspects there is a back story here -- perhaps the printers of the Douce edition inherited parts of the business of the makers of the Rawlinson edition -- but I don't know what it is. - RBW
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