# Songs of Sea and Sail

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SONGS OF ❦ ❦ SEA AND SAIL
THOMAS FLEMING DAY
NEW YORK AND LONDON THE RUDDER PUBLISHING COMPANY 1898
Copyright 1898
By Thomas Fleming Day
All Rights Reserved
Press of Thomson & Co. New York
TO THOSE WHO LOVE THE SEA AND ITS SHIPS.
CONTENTS.
* The Mermaid's Song................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................9
* Trafalgar................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................13
* When................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................18
* The Forsaken Port................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................19
* An Early Moonset................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................24
* On the Bridge................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................25
* Missing................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................30
* Making Land................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................31
* At Portsmouth................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................35
* At Anchor................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................39
* From the Cliff................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................40
* Then and Now................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................42
* The Ships................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................43
* The Man-o'-War's Man's Yarn................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................49
* A Foggy Morning................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................53
* Unknown................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................55
* The Coasters................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................57
* To-Day................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................62
* The Sailor of the Sail................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................63
* The Yacht................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................68
* The Trade Wind's Song................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................69
* Execution Rock Light................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................71
* The Cargo Boats................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................73
* Noontide Calm................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................77
* Old Buccaneer's Song................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................81
* The Belfry of the Sea................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................85
* Phantoms................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................95
* Flotsam................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................98
* The Lost Ship................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................99
* The Main Sheet Song................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................101
* The Landfall................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................103
* The Clipper................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................104
* The Constitution................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................105
* The Tartar................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................107
* Warning................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................110
* In September................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................111
* The Homeward Bounder's Song................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................113
* The Spell of the Sea................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................115
* Days of Oak................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................117
* Long, Long Ago................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................119
* Wind Happy Ships................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................122
* The Quest................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................123
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