A Rick E Spencer composition that had gained great top-choice status in our circles…<\/p>\n
(Note from Rick: The barque Wanderer <\/em>ran aground and was wrecked on the \u201cSow and Pigs\u201d off of the island of Cuttyhunk, MA on August 25, 1924)<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Her keel was laid in the yards at Mattapoisett, Wanderer<\/p>\n With raw men from New England and blood from the Azores Wanderer<\/p>\n Then away in the boats lads. Pull with a will Wanderer<\/p>\n For forty-six years she has hunted the whale Wanderer<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" A Rick E Spencer composition that had gained great top-choice status in our circles… (Note from Rick: The barque Wanderer ran aground and was wrecked on the \u201cSow and Pigs\u201d off of the island of Cuttyhunk, MA on August 25, 1924) Her keel was laid in the yards at Mattapoisett, spring of the year […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":21,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-4051","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thejovialcrew.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4051","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thejovialcrew.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thejovialcrew.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thejovialcrew.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thejovialcrew.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4051"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thejovialcrew.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4051\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4052,"href":"https:\/\/thejovialcrew.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4051\/revisions\/4052"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thejovialcrew.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/21"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thejovialcrew.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4051"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nspring of the year 1878
\nDown the ways, over water, to the Atlantic
\nFit up in New Bedford to follow the whale.<\/p>\n
\nShe cruises the ocean to hunt for the whale.
\nTake a place on the masthead. Keep a sharp eye
\nFor the spout or the breach or the splash of his tail.<\/p>\n
\nMake fast to the whale. Move in for the kill.
\nTry him out, stow him down, return to the masthead.
\nYou\u2019ll not see New Bedford \u2018til the hold has been filled.<\/p>\n
\nFrom the Cape Verde Islands to the Kamchatka Sea.
\nShe will voyage again. She is still strong and willing
\nLong after her sisters have faded away.
\nNow August the 24th 19 and 24, and once again she is fitted for sea.
\nThe last square-rigged whaler anywhere on the ocean is ready.
\nTomorrow is our sailing day.<\/p>\n