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Cover of The sailors alphabet

The sailors alphabet

by Michael McCurdy

Juvenile poetrySailorsAlphabetSeafaring lifePoetryEnglish languageAmerican poetryChildren's poetry, American

One of many variations of a forecastle chantey created about 1837 by an unknown sailor and named after the bow section of the ship where sailors sometimes bunked or relaxed.

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Book data: Open Library