Does anyone no a melody for these words?The Packers' ships are Northward bound;
There is one that sails to-day.
Her skipper's got his orders
To proceed to Bristol Bay.
The anchor's up, the topsails set
The sky looks kind o' murky,
But fair or foul, she's comin' back
With choice Alaska turkeyThey are refered to as an old Packers Shanty on page 225 of Bassil Lubbock's, book the Down Easters. The reference is to the Alaska Packers Ships that sailed from San Francisco to the Alaska canneries through the early 1930