Ballads & Songs of Southern Michigan-songbook

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-3 8          Ballads and Songs of Michigan
2i And down to Altygo with the Lion we bore, And on the next morning we all jumped ashore, Drank a health to each seaman that plow the rough main.
22 And for brave Dighton, our true valyant friend, May glory pursue him while honor attends. And when he doth die, let each seaman draw near And kneel at his tombstone and let fall a tear.
B Escape from Basterry
The Gernsey manuscript. A complete text of twenty-six stanzas, nearly identical with Mackenzie A, pp. 217-220.