As I muddle along with my "Great Exercise in Futility", i.e., an Index of First Lines for Shanties & Sea Songs, I came upon the following: From the James Madison Carpenter Collection Online Catalog: Page 03139 : The Ship That Never Returned [song text] James Dwyer (contributor) Genre song - forebitter First line Twas a summer morn and the waves did ripple AND, From the Frank C. Brown Collection of North Carolina Folklore Volume II, page 507: The Ship That Never Returned First Line On a summer day, as the waves were rippling Are the Carpenter texts available anywhere? Cheers, Geo
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