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Thread #109853   Message #2299556
Posted By: GUEST,Heather-Anne Getson
28-Mar-08 - 10:27 AM
Thread Name: Origin: The Schooner Kandahar
Subject: 'The Schooner Kandahar' - source?
Hello Everyone,

Back in 2002 (I almost typed 1902!), the lyrics to the song "The Schooner Kandahar" were published on this list. The song was published in Doerflinger's "Songs of the Sailor and Lumberman" and noted as being on pages 196 - 198.

It is recorded as being from the singing of Frank Risser.

Does anyone have a copy of the book and could check to see if there is any additional information about the singer? There were several Frank Rissers in the Lunenburg area.

I'd appreciate any help with it - it's for a small display at the Fisheries Museum of the Atlantic, in Lunenburg.

~ Heather