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Songs of the Sea and Lays of the Land

This is a volume of poetry by Charles Godfrey Leland. The first half of this volume is taken up by the Songs of the Sea, with rather romantic songs about seafaring, mermaids, and adventures, and the second half of the volume contains the Lays of the Land, with poems focused on the things a seaman may encounter when he enters a port. - Summary by Carolin (4 hr 16 min)

Chapters

Preface

The Old Tavern

El Capitan General

Uncle Sam

Mother Carey

The Bird Crew

Davy Jones

The Devil’s Pot

One, Two, Three

La Bella Strega

The Beautiful Witch

The Witch’s Box

The Mermaid

The Merman

The Wizard Finn

Charley Buff

Bold Robin Rover

Time for Us to Go

Rolling Over

The Musquito

Stand from Under!

Near Havanna

The Three Dead Men

The Lady-Sailor

The Spanish Sailor’s Song

The Lover to the Sailor

Green Corn and Potatoes

The Sailor’s Farewell

Mackerel Signs

True Blue

The Story of Samuel Jackson

The Dandy Ship

Jack of all Trades

The Girl Wind

The Rise and Fall of Gloryville

In the Wrong Box

Zion Jersey Boggs

The Ballad of the Green Old Man

Carrying Coals

Carey, of Carson

Josephi in Benicia

The Story of a Lie

The Legend of Saint Anthony

A Russian Lyric

Melodramnation

A Tale of Idaho

A Californian Romance

The Story of Mr. Scroper, Architect

That Interestin’ Boy

Miss Miles, the Telegraph Girl

An American Cock-Tale

Judge Wyman

In Nevada

The Philanthropic Club

The Coloured Fortune-Hunter

Penn

Ballad of the Foxes

Est Modus in Rebus

The Masher

Arizona John

The Ballad of Charity

Multum in Parvo

The Organist of Bergamo

The Goth and the Pigeon

Reflections in a Printing-Office