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Thread #3065   Message #2891942
Posted By: pavane
22-Apr-10 - 06:53 AM
Thread Name: Origins: There Was a Bold Fisherman (Bogart??)
Subject: RE: Origins: There Was a Bold Fisherman (Bogart??)
A search of Google Books for the following keywords "pimlico billingsgate "bold fisherman" bloater mild" turns up a reference to an 1874 book, but unfortunately the contents are not viewable:

Fisherman's ballads and songs of the sea
Procter Brothers, 1874

If anyone has a copy, maybe they could check it

Contents
A Tale of the Sea 29
A Kiss to take to Sea 48
A Wet Sheet and a Flowing Sea 75
A Greyport Legend 94
Cape Anns Blooming Mary 113
Christmas Eve off the Coast 177
Colonsay 150
The Alabama Chorus 23
The Affecting Ditty of Billy Johnson and the Mermaid 44
i 60
The Sailors Return 87
The Gray Swan 101
The Seal Fishers Wife 114
The Fishers of Cape Ann 131
The Lighthouse 145
Mind your Wheel 170
Poor Bessie was a Sailors Wife 88 183
Sweet Williams Farewell to BlackEyed Susan 85 10
The Skipper Hermit JiK The Squall 164
The Old Fishermans Dreams 178