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Gibb Sahib Origin: Lowlands Away (142* d) RE: 'Lowlands Away' - origins. 04 Aug 14


An addendum to the discussion of Harlow's text in _Chanteying Aboard American Ships_ (1962).

An early manuscript version of the book, ca. 1928 - when Harlow was also working on his _The Making of a Sailor (1928) - lists "Lowlands" in the bibliography. I have seen this, but unfortunately when I had access I neglected to examine the full text.

_Chanteying Aboard American Ships_ was developed more by Harlow, in which case there is a 1945 manuscript version. It has nearly double the number of texts as the 1928 manuscript. It still had "Lowlands" included. And this I did look at.

After the lyrics that we find in the 1962 published version, Harlow says that there is another version to be found in Masefield's _Sailor's Garland_. He then goes and gives 5 verses…which are actually from Davis/Tozer!

This just confirms that Harlow had made use of Masefield and Davis/Tozer.

These Harlow manuscripts are in the GW Blunt White Library at Mystic Seaport.


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