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Posted By: Q (Frank Staplin)
10-Feb-09 - 11:03 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: Nordhoff Chantey 'We're Going Away'
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Nordhoff Chantey 'We're Going Away'
In the very old copy of this Nordhoff volume that I have, this is penned on the flyleaf-

"Dec, 18, 1868
The romance of the sea is buried in the coal bunkers.
Capt. McNell Boyd

It would be interesting to find out something of this man.