Temperance Ship, The

DESCRIPTION: "The Temperance Ship is now afloat ... raise the temperance banner from the old Bay State to Indiana." "This ship has sailed four years or more." "Come join us then ye old and young"
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1856 (Thompson-APioneerSongster)
KEYWORDS: drink nonballad political
FOUND IN: US(MA)
REFERENCES (1 citation):
Thompson-APioneerSongster 82, "The Temperance Ship" (1 text)
Roud #2847
NOTES [26 words]: Thompson-APioneerSongster: "... the mention of the [temperance] ship's having 'sailed four years or more' makes 1844 the earliest possible date for it." - BS
Last updated in version 2.8
File: TPS082

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