Some Ships in Port
DESCRIPTION: Ships are listed and their characteristics or owner noted: "Gaffney's two clippers, Caledonia and Glynn ... the noble torpedo they call Jenny Lynd ... the Alice T with Splanche on her bow."
AUTHOR: "Splanche" Brien
EARLIEST DATE: 1946 (Ranson-SongsOfTheWexfordCoast)
KEYWORDS: moniker commerce sea ship nonballad
FOUND IN: Ireland
REFERENCES (1 citation):
Ranson-SongsOfTheWexfordCoast, p. 53, "Some Ships in Port" (1 text)
Roud #20520
CROSS-REFERENCES:
cf. "Captains and Ships" (catalog of ships)
NOTES [22 words]: Ranson-SongsOfTheWexfordCoast: "This ... reflects the days of Wexford's glory, when her sailing ships went out over the Seven Seas" - BS
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