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Thread #20991 Message #2401145
Posted By: Charley Noble
30-Jul-08 - 08:35 AM
Thread Name: Origins: Boston Harbour/Boston Harbor/Big Bow Wow
Subject: RE: Lyr/Chords Req: Boston Harbour / Boston Harbor
Here's one reference from C. Fox Smith to the sail called "Jimmy Green":
"They 'adn't no jibs not yet no staysails, Royals nor stunsails nor none o' they sails; They'd a sort of a Jimmy Green set forrad, An' as for the topsails, their cut was 'orrid; There warn't no reef-points nor no such gear, But they clewed up their courses uncommonly queer . . ."
Here's another from Smith:
"Was a flash flyin' clipper With her kites both large an' small, With 'er low sails and 'igh sails From water-sails to skysails — Ringtail, jib-o-jib, Jamie Green and all!"
Odd that the sail is spelled differently; I better recheck for typos!