“The Fayette Brown”

Description

When sailors go on strike, the owner of the lake schooner Fayette Brown hires a crew of non-union Blacks; their failings are described. The singer drinks a health to owners and captains, but "bad luck attend any dirty scut that sails the Fayette Brown"

Long description

When sailors go on strike, the owner of the lake schooner Fayette Brown hires a crew of non-union Blacks; their failings are described, and it's said they'd wish themselves elsewhere when the snowflakes began flying. The singer drinks a health to ship-owners and captains, and "every lofty schooner that carries a union crew", but "bad luck attend any dirty scut that sails the Fayette Brown"

Historical references

  • 1868 - Fayette Brown built at Cleveland
  • late 1870s - Sailors strike for union recognition
  • 1891 - Fayette Brown sinks after collision

Recordings

  • Stanley Baby, "The 'Fayette Brown'" [fragment] (GreatLakes1)

References

  1. Roud #4623
  2. BI, RcFayBro

About

Author: unknown
Earliest date: 1964 (recording, Stanley Baby)
Found in: Canada(Ont)