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Songs of Sea and Sail

Name: Songs of Sea and Sail
Author: Thomas Fleming Day

Thomas Fleming Day

Read by Eva Davis (d. 2025), CJ Baars, April6090, Larry Wilson, Melanie T, Kathleen Moore, Nemo, Peter Yearsley and RecordingPerson · LibriVox · public domain · Archive.org recording · License

Chapters

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The Mermaid's Song (3:17)
Trafalgar (4:09)
When (1:05)
The Forsaken Port (4:02)
An Early Moonset (1:01)
On the Bridge (5:52)
Missing (1:05)
Making Land (3:48)
At Portsmouth (2:52)
At Anchor (0:48)
From the Cliff (1:40)
Then and Now (0:52)
The Ships (4:00)
The Man-o'-War's Man's Yarn (4:28)
A Foggy Morning (1:44)
Unknown (2:03)
The Coasters (3:14)
To-Day (0:53)
The Sailor of the Sail (3:34)
The Yacht (1:08)
The Trade Wind's Song (2:16)
Execution Rock Light (1:56)
The Cargo Boats (3:55)
Noontide Calm (3:44)
Old Buccaneer's Song (2:30)
The Belfry of the Sea (7:28)
Phantoms (2:41)
Flotsam (1:14)
The Lost Ship (1:25)
The Main Sheet Song (1:48)
The Landfall (0:50)
The Clipper (1:06)
The Constitution (1:19)
The Tartar (1:54)
Warning (1:03)
In September (1:23)
The Homeward Bounder's Song (2:02)
The Spell of the Sea (1:31)
Days of Oak (1:51)
Long, Long Ago (2:14)
Wind Happy Ships (0:58)
The Quest (5:16)