[PW] Song of the Trade Wind - Jack London

[Maureen Collier]

Thank you, Karen and Donna.  This seems reasonable.

Maureen

On Wed, 12 Mar 2008 Burton Donna   wrote:
> 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
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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
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Maureen Collier
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