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Thread #22582   Message #1352275
Posted By: Charley Noble
09-Dec-04 - 04:36 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Add: New Bedford Whaler's Songs
Subject: Lyr Add: SATURDAY NIGHT AT SEA
Sinsull and EBarnacle-

Thanks for the references for Saturday Night at Sea.

Turns out my Roll & Go partner has a different version of "Saturday Night at Sea", attributed to a Judge Howe:


SATURDAY NIGHT AT SEA-2

"Sweethearts and wives!" The goblet pass.
A bumper let it be.
Bright eyes are sparkling through each glass;
It's Saturday night at sea.

A matron sits by the fireside,
Her children at her knee.
They're breathing prayers that we may glide
In safety o'er the sea.

The maiden droops in her shady bower:
What cause for grief has she?
A heart that heeds not bird or flower
Is with us on the sea.

But brighter hours are yet in store
From every danger free.
We'll share the smiles of those on shore
We toasted on the sea.

Cheerily,
Charley Noble