Old Hulk, The

DESCRIPTION: "When age has rendered some old hulk Unfit for merchant use, She's sold at auction, bought in bulk, Just for a whaling cruise." The singer described the dreadful conditions on a whaling ship, and laments that after all the toil he is still poor
AUTHOR: John A. Beebe? (source: Miller, And the Whale Is Ours)
EARLIEST DATE: 1854 (Journal from the Governor Carver)
KEYWORDS: whaler work hardtimes
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REFERENCES (2 citations):
Huntington-SongsTheWhalemenSang, pp. 32-33, "The Old Hulk" (1 text)
ADDITIONAL: Pamela A. Miller, _And the Whale Is Ours: Creative Writing of American Whalemen_, David R. Godine/Kendall Whaling Museum, 1979, pp. 139-140, "(no title)" (1 text)
Roud #2007
File: SWMS032

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