New Britain herald., 1914-08-08
WHEN SAILING SHIPS
 CARRIED COMMERCE
(By James F. Beale.)

ture, in modification or the fright, ana battles and discords on sea between l the great naval powers of the present day, to recall d little of the romance, song and melody of the old days on the high seas, when the full-rigged sailing ships, carrying the commerce of the world-those depending wholly on canvas and the wind as mo- tive power, out numbered the steam propelled ships of today, when a crews ability to shovel coal is a far greater qualification than any knowledge of navigation or seaman ship.
 How we'll the writer recalls the songs and chanties, with their choruses and refrains. that characterized and were always part of the unloading or loading of cargo, getting the ship under way. heaving up the anchor, warping into dock, manning the pumps and other work where the long steady pull was needed to perform the work. Alas! the harsh chatter of the steam winch is the only music" at tending these duties today. Tn those days the song was ever a part of a seamans life. Whether in the tap-room of some tavern on
 
 ing after the days work was com pleted, or at work during the day. the song and chorus was ever present. It frightened the cares. kicks, curses and oft brutal treatment during the day and cheered the evening hours of rest into forgetfu1ness. One of the joys of the sea is the song and the chantey. The glory hoo I1fy of has been hymned and sung in melo- dious verse. It is the magical at traction of the sea. Woman. home legend. romance, mystery, the life and dones of the pirate and buccanner nearly always furnished the text of the song and the cilantey. In nearly all of the pictures and paintings of the early days of the full-rigged sail ing ship, (and what more beautiful or romantic sight can be imagined than a full-rigged ship with every sail spread to catch the breeze as, she is either leaving port or returning home) Jack is seen on shore taking last loving embrace and farewell of his Black eyed Susan," while the boat at the landing is waiting to take him to his ship prior to sailing. Yes there was a. lot of sentiment in the good old days" of the clipper sailing ship, the smuggler, the buccaneer and the slave trader.
 chanties and ditties we append few stanzas, which occasionally come back to the writer's memory of his days on the deep blue sea. Who can question the sentimental affection of ( %1,a foll !, i,t, r., demand, particularly when the crew had a majority of young men? HE.
 What will you do love when I am
 going,
 With white sails flowing To seas beyond? divide us and friends may chide
 For being fond?
 SHE.
 When waves divide us and friends
 may chide Us
 Tn faith abiding, I'll still be true I'll pray for you on the stormy ocean, l in deep devotion,
 That's what I'll do."
 There was 8 chorus to this in which
 
 not come to my tongue at this moment. Then there were the pirate songs which were always popular and sung with much gusto, particularly by the older men, who idolized Captains Kidd and Drake and recounted their valor and brave" acts, as much as Bill Luby of Berlin be- heves in Dick Turpin and his famous mare, Black Bess. or the average boy does of his dime novel hero. Here's sample of one of the pirate songs, the chorus of which was always sung with sufficient force to almost spring the oaken beams overhead:
 The Pirate of the Isle. II love to sail in pleasant gale. Ger the deep and boundless sea. No land l own. my ships my throne,
 My kingdom is the sea.
 My flag is red at my royal mast head,
 Upon all my foes I smile,
 No quarters show where'er I go,
 I'm the pirate of the isle. I'm pirate. I'm pirate,
 I'm pirate of the isle"
 Leaving a Foreign Port for Home.
 To give the readers of the Herald clearer idea of the old custom and beauty and joy of song at sea l will attempt to feeby describe a ship get ting under way in the good old days of the sailing ship
 We are at Constantinople, one of the large ports of commerce of the world, have taken on our cargo of costly carpets, rugs, silks, spices and other Turkish products, in ex- change for a cargo of the celebrated