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First Published<\/td>1897<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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Writer\/composer<\/td>Will Godwin and JP Harrington<\/td>Roud<\/strong><\/td>RN27006<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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Music Hall Performers<\/strong><\/td>Leo Dryden<\/td><\/tr>
Folk performances<\/strong><\/td>Collected from the singing of:<\/strong>
Byrne, Denis Sr ; Canada : Newfoundland ; 1978<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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From Sheet Music (personal copy) Francis, Day and Hunter<\/strong>\n\nA sailor am I, and proud of it too, \nAny rank I possess has been won\u2026 \nBy this arm, and thought if I proved tried-and-true, \nDad and mother would both say \"Well done!\" \nWhen we hear the storm break over the piteous foam, \nSee the fierce lightning above\u2026 \nWe think of that harbour, the harbour at home \nThe haven of refuge and love\u2026\n\nPull, boys, together and sailors let us be, <\/em>\nPull, boys, together, for the land of liberty; <\/em>\nLet the thunder roar and rouse the angry main, <\/em>\nLet's pull and sing a jolly song, we'll soon be home again<\/em>.\n\nI've paced the lone deck in the dreary night watch,\r\nWith a picture clasped tight in my hand ;\r\n'Twas a group of dear ones by the old fireside,\r\nFar away in the dear Motherland.\r\nA tear may have fallen, a prayer may have passed\r\nMy lips at that hour, well it might,\r\nFor his home 's very dear to a sailor's warm heart,\r\nKeeping watch in the pauses of night.\r\n\r\nI've stood on my ship in the trough of the sea,\r\nHeard the snapping of rigging and rope,\r\nYet the wrath of the storm had no terrors for me,\r\nI still clung to the bright star of hope.\r\nI thought of my dad, with his dear wrinkled face,\r\nMy mother's lips tender and warm,\r\nAnd I've fought for their sake with the demon despair,\r\nAnd found courage to weather the storm.<\/pre>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n
A song from the 1890s remembered by at least one traditional singer in Newfoundland.  It was originally   performed by Leo Dryden and is similar in its theme to his most famous song\u00a0The Miner\u2019s Dream of Home<\/a><\/em>. The words were written by\u00a0John P Harrington<\/a>, with music composed\u00a0by Will Godwin<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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