[PW] Song of the Trade Wind - Jack London

[Burton, Donna]

Quick search in google books finds it again in "The Complete Poetry of
Jack London," on page 120, citing it as published in the "Sea Wolf,"
with the following notation: "Attribution: (It is referred to as "The
Song of the Trade Wind" in the narrative. Author unknown therefore
possibly written by Jack London. Lines 7 & 8 also appear in (Chapter
XXVII, page 237) of "Martin Eden.")

Sounds like probably not an actual song.

Donna Burton
Schaffer Library, Union College
Schenectady, NY 12308
Email: burtond at union.edu
Phone: 518-388-6635
Fax: 518-388-6641

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Hello,

I am trying to find out if the song - Song of the Trade Wind - in Jack
London's The Sea Wolf, is an actual song.  The first stanza is:

Oh, I am the wind the seamen love - 
I am steady, and strong, and true;
They follow my track by the clouds above,
O'er the fathomless tropic blue

I am looking through biographies by Andrew Sinclair, Richard O'Connor
and Alex Kershaw.  I have sent a request to post a message on the Jack
London Listserv.  I have had no luck googling.  

Thank you.

Maureen Collier
Reference Librarian

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