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Lighter	Tune Req: Derry Down (111* d)	RE: Tune Req: Derry Down	19 Jun 25
Looking back to "Dom Pedro" (15 Sept 19): There's been almost no discussion anywhere of this American forebitter printed by Joanna C. Colcord in "Roll and Go" (1924) and set to the "Derry Down" tune now seemingly inseparable from "The Dreadnought." The bark Dom Pedro II is mentioned in the shipping news of the New York Herald (June 29, 1860) as having arrived in Boston "from Bahia, via Holmes' Hole." The final mention I've found of Dom Pedro II is in the Savannah Morning News (June 24, 1904), The previous day she'd been cleared for Baltimore from Key West. The Herald (Apr. 18, 1862), notes Dom Pedro II, Capt. Lewis, was at “Shanghae,” as in the song, on Feb. 8. Confusing the issue somewhat, The [Baltimore] Sun reported (Dec. 21, 1877) that another bark Dom Pedro II was launched at Baltimore in 1877, built specifically for the Brazilian coffee trade. This may be the vessel mentioned in 1904, above. The earlier vessel seems to have been built originally for the same purpose, in light of both the name and her 1860 voyage from Bahia. Pedro II, Emperor of Brazil, ruled from 1831-1889.

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