Thanks, Snuffy. The WHITE'S ETHIOPIAN MELODIES (1851) is what Gibb originally put up here:

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When I was rechecking I must have picked up the later edition. I appreciate your continuing help with the Carpenter Collection. I found a lot of stuff there on "Sally Brown". Please keep us updated as we go along.

The article in HARPER'S MAGAZINE (June to November, 1882) is the one by William Henry Alden on "Sailor's Songs" with the music. He has two versions of "Stormy".

And thanks for the Luce reference. Did anybody ever pin down his time at sea? And does Carpenter give any indication where the "ex-seamen" might have sailed?