On Tuesday, 12 July 2016 at 01:55:30 UTC+3,
james.k...@gmail.com wrote:
It means he set out from the River Clyde, with a cargo of coal.
Hope that clears that up. David.C and Rorbertdb are on the button lol.
J
On Friday, June 3, 2016 at 11:04:53 PM UTC+1, Joe Fineman wrote:
robertdb...@gmail.com writes:
On Friday, July 27, 2001 at 3:45:26 PM UTC-4, Bazinkum wrote:
From the song "Flowers Of Bermuda" by Stan Rogers, what does the
second line -Twenty-one days from Clyde in coal- refer to?
Clyde a place, I assume?
Why is it "in coal"?
Is the captain 21 years old, or did it take him 21 days to get to
Bermuda?
Thanks.
The ship is a collier (Nightingale)- that means she carries coal.
There's really no mystery here.
Beware! This reply to a 25-year-old inquiry is unlikely to reach its author. I presume this posting is another result of the fact that
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The current venue for inquiries of this kind is www.mudcat.org, the
monster that swallowed rec.music.folk.
The Clyde mentioned is a river in Scotland, passing thru Glasgow.
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