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   Taukingur to james.k...@gmail.com   
   Re: Stan Rogers: what does "Clyde in coa   
   01 Nov 23 13:54:11   
   
   From: arel.gunay@gmail.com   
      
   On Tuesday, 12 July 2016 at 01:55:30 UTC+3, james.k...@gmail.com wrote:   
   > It means he set out from the River Clyde, with a cargo of coal.   
   >   
   > Hope that clears that up. David.C and Rorbertdb are on the button lol.   
   >   
   > J   
   > On Friday, June 3, 2016 at 11:04:53 PM UTC+1, Joe Fineman wrote:   
   > > robertdb...@gmail.com writes:   
   > >   
   > > > 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.   
   > >   
   > > Beware! This reply to a 25-year-old inquiry is unlikely to reach its   
   > > author. I presume this posting is another result of the fact that   
   > > Google has no notion of how newsgroups (used to) work.   
   > >   
   > > The current venue for inquiries of this kind is www.mudcat.org, the   
   > > monster that swallowed rec.music.folk.   
   > >   
   > > The Clyde mentioned is a river in Scotland, passing thru Glasgow.   
   > > --   
   > > --- Joe Fineman jo...@verizon.net   
   > >   
   > > ||: In pene paritas. :||   
   Replying 15 years later haha   
      
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