Larboard Watch, The

DESCRIPTION: "At dreary midnight's cheerless hour, Deserted e'en by Cynthia's beams... The wearied sailor spent with toil... Sings as he views the gath'ring clouds, Larboard watch Ahoy!" The storm threatens the ship. But it survives, and eventually he rests
AUTHOR: T. Williams (source: sheet music in the Connecticut College collection)
EARLIEST DATE: 1859 (sheet music)
KEYWORDS: sailor storm
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REFERENCES (2 citations):
We-Parted-By-the-River-Side-Songster, p. 47, "The Larboard Watch" (1 text)
Beautiful-Bells-Songster, p. 48, "The Larboard Watch" (1 text)
NOTES [60 words]: The sheet music describes this as an "Answer to 'All's Well.'" The form of the song raises some questions, as the version in We-Parted-By-the-River-Side-Songster marks a different part of the song as the chorus than does the sheet music. One of the internet sources I saw said there is dispute over the authorship of this song. I wonder if that is related. - RBW
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File: WPRS047

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