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Thread #155   Message #513
Posted By: bard@atlcom.net
22-Nov-96 - 05:39 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Req/Add: Sailing Down the Chesapeake Bay
Subject: RE: Lyrics/Baltimore/Maryland
A couple of songs I've heard pop to mind. One is about a clipper ship called the Baltimore. If memory serves, the chorus is:

Hurrah for the cruiser Baltimore and all her gallant ships of yore The Baltimore, the Baltimore, the gallant cruiser Baltimore

The other is called - I think - 'The Dregder' or 'The Lucky Dredger' and goes something like this:

Just lay me in the cold(?) peat with my face toward Baltimore Praying I never get shanghai'd again down on the Eastern Shore Where they feed you on corn dog and sowbelly twice a day And you're counted a lucky dredger if you ever get your pay.