“Willie Gray”

Description

"My schoolmates now I leave you I bid you a fond farewell." The boy departs his home "For a sailor boy to be." He bids farewell to his family and asks those around him to remember him

References

  1. Huntington-Whalemen, pp. 182-183, "Willie Gray" ( text)
  2. Roud #2056
  3. BI, SWMS182

About

Author: unknown
Earliest date: 1846 (Journal from the Coral)
Found in: US