Greenland Fishery
Cecil Sharp Manuscript Collection (at Clare College, Cambridge)
(CJS2/9/668)
- First Line
- In the year eighteen hundred and twenty two
- Performer
- Briffett, John
- Date collected
- 22 Aug 1905
- Place
- England : Somerset : Bridgwater
- Collector
- Sharp, Cecil J.
- Roud No
- 347 [Search for 347 in the current indexes]
- Alt Ref No
- FW 668 / FT 588
- Format
- Manuscript
- Type
- Song
- Subtype
- Src Contents
- Frag. text
- Named Tune
- Child No
- Laws No
- Laws K21
- Notes
-
Cecil Sharp MSS, Folk Words p.668 / Folk Tunes p.588
- Author / Composer
- VWML Location
- Repository
- Clare College, Cambridge
- Printer / Publisher
- Pub Place
- Pub Date
- Level
- Item
- Volume
- Folk Words
- Assoc Source
- Date extant
Media
1 media item.
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Greenland Fishery
In the year eighteen hundred & twenty two
On March the eighteenth day
We hoist our colours to our mast head
And for Greenland bore away brave boys
And for Greenland bore away.
John Briffett. Bridgwater. Aug [August] 22nd 1905
(588)
Transcription
Show all of transcriptionGreenland Fishery
In the year eighteen hundred & twenty two
On March the eighteenth day
We hoist our colours to our mast head
And for Greenland bore away brave boys
And for Greenland bore away.
John Briffett. Bridgwater. Aug [August] 22nd 1905
(588)
Relationships
- CJS2/9 Folk words collected by Cecil Sharp
- CJS2/9/668 Greenland Fishery (This record)