On the Schooner Hercules

DESCRIPTION: "On the eighth day of November In the year of ninety-one, The schooler Hercules set sail For the port of Parry Sound." The ship leaves Sarnia. The song describes the voyage and a storm. He names the sailors and bids good luck to captain Glass and crew
AUTHOR: probably Jimmie McQuarie
EARLIEST DATE: 1949 (collected from John McDonald and Joseph Glass by Walton)
KEYWORDS: ship travel cook storm
FOUND IN: Canada(Ont)
REFERENCES (1 citation):
Walton/Grimm-Windjammers-SongsOfTheGreatLakesSailors, pp. 142-143, "On the Schooner Hercules" (1 text)
Roud #19857
File: WGM142

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