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.   
      
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