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Posted By: Q (Frank Staplin)
28-Aug-08 - 04:43 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: Unto the East Indies We Were Bound
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Unto the East Indies We Were Bound
Excellent work! -------------------------------------------

One of the versions in the Bodleian has much the same words of the fragment in Joyce:
"The Rocks of Scilly," J. Pitts, London, c. 1819-1844.

'To the East Indies we were bound,' rather than 'unto.'