“The Light on Cape May”
Description
As the ship sails on a pleasant sea, the lookout spots a light. The crew is given the good news that it is the Cape May light.
Notes
Doerflinger describes this as a "salt-water variant of... 'The Timber Schooner Bigler.'" - RBW
Cross references
- cf. "The Bigler's Crew" [Laws D8] (tune, lyrics) and references there
References
- Doerflinger, p. 130, "The Light on Cape May" (1 text, 1 tune, the latter identified as "The Bigerlow" and taken from Sandburg)
- DT, CAPEMAY*
- Roud #9438
- BI, Doe130