Darius Cole and Mackinac, The

DESCRIPTION: "On the eighteenth of December, The weather it was far, The Darius Cole and Mackinac were crossing Lake St. Clair." The Darius Cole boats of being able to beat the Mackinac's time. They have a race
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1933 (collected from J. Sylvester Ray by Walton)
KEYWORDS: ship racing
FOUND IN: US(MW) Canada(Ont)
REFERENCES (2 citations):
Walton/Grimm-Windjammers-SongsOfTheGreatLakesSailors, pp. 110-111, "The Darius Cole and Mackinac" (1 short text, composite but lacking any indication of which boat won the race)
MidwestFolklore, David D. Anderson, "Songs and Sayings of the Lakes," Volume 12, Number 1 (Spring 1962) p. 12-13, "(On the Eighteenth of December)" (1 text)
Roud #19844
File: WGM110

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