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Songs of the Sea and Lays of the Land

Charles Godfrey Leland (1824 - 1903)

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

Genre(s): Poetry

Language: English

Section	Chapter	Reader	Time
Play 01	Preface	Stephen Christie	00:08:30
Play 02	The Old Tavern	Larry Wilson	00:03:25
Play 03	El Capitan General	Stephen Christie	00:04:01
Play 04	Uncle Sam	Jude	00:02:54
Play 05	Mother Carey	Jude	00:02:45
Play 06	The Bird Crew	AlexandraWilhelmina	00:01:58
Play 07	Davy Jones	Tony Scheinman	00:01:39
Play 08	The Devil’s Pot	zgorelick	00:02:26
Play 09	One, Two, Three	AlexandraWilhelmina	00:03:11
Play 10	La Bella Strega	Sonia	00:02:39
Play 11	The Beautiful Witch	Sonia	00:02:41
Play 12	The Witch’s Box	Stephen Christie	00:04:23
Play 13	The Mermaid	Tony Scheinman	00:02:48
Play 14	The Merman	Hilary Busby	00:05:17
Play 15	The Wizard Finn	Stephen Christie	00:03:57
Play 16	Charley Buff	zgorelick	00:02:13
Play 17	Bold Robin Rover	Jude	00:03:09
Play 18	Time for Us to Go	MonkofHunk	00:03:55
Play 19	Rolling Over	MonkofHunk	00:04:01
Play 20	The Musquito	MonkofHunk	00:02:07
Play 21	Stand from Under!	Emma Charlotte	00:05:20
Play 22	Near Havanna	Emma Charlotte	00:02:46
Play 23	The Three Dead Men	Tony Scheinman	00:02:23
Play 24	The Lady-Sailor	AlexandraWilhelmina	00:01:19
Play 25	The Spanish Sailor’s Song	Larry Wilson	00:01:33
Play 26	The Lover to the Sailor	AlexandraWilhelmina	00:01:23
Play 27	Green Corn and Potatoes	Jude	00:02:03
Play 28	The Sailor’s Farewell	Larry Wilson	00:03:01
Play 29	Mackerel Signs	AlexandraWilhelmina	00:01:29
Play 30	True Blue	AlexandraWilhelmina	00:02:33
Play 31	The Story of Samuel Jackson	Diana Schmidt	00:06:47
Play 32	The Dandy Ship	Larry Wilson	00:01:40
Play 33	Jack of all Trades	Robert Robinson	00:02:23
Play 34	The Girl Wind	Tony Scheinman	00:02:14
Play 35	The Rise and Fall of Gloryville	Greg Giordano	00:10:41
Play 36	In the Wrong Box	erinbrooke	00:04:46
Play 37	Zion Jersey Boggs	Mark Nelson	00:07:46
Play 38	The Ballad of the Green Old Man	Robert Robinson	00:06:58
Play 39	Carrying Coals	Jude	00:01:56
Play 40	Carey, of Carson	Greg Giordano	00:05:23
Play 41	Josephi in Benicia	Greg Giordano	00:05:33
Play 42	The Story of a Lie	Greg Giordano	00:02:49
Play 43	The Legend of Saint Anthony	Mark Nelson	00:04:10
Play 44	A Russian Lyric	Son of the Exiles	00:04:25
Play 45	Melodramnation	Greg Giordano	00:04:52
Play 46	A Tale of Idaho	Eris Bueller	00:03:21
Play 47	A Californian Romance	Larry Wilson	00:05:05
Play 48	The Story of Mr. Scroper, Architect	Greg Giordano	00:03:58
Play 49	That Interestin’ Boy	boilingforest	00:01:18
Play 50	Miss Miles, the Telegraph Girl	Greg Giordano	00:06:30
Play 51	An American Cock-Tale	Larry Wilson	00:07:32
Play 52	Judge Wyman	Robert Robinson	00:05:28
Play 53	In Nevada	Greg Giordano	00:08:10
Play 54	The Philanthropic Club	Greg Giordano	00:04:33
Play 55	The Coloured Fortune-Hunter	Jude	00:00:59
Play 56	Penn	Greg Giordano	00:03:35
Play 57	Ballad of the Foxes	Greg Giordano	00:05:05
Play 58	Est Modus in Rebus	Linda Olsen Fitak	00:05:15
Play 59	The Masher	Greg Giordano	00:08:11
Play 60	Arizona John	Greg Giordano	00:03:25
Play 61	The Ballad of Charity	ShamaAbbasi	00:04:45
Play 62	Multum in Parvo	ToddHW	00:01:13
Play 63	The Organist of Bergamo	ToddHW	00:07:49
Play 64	The Goth and the Pigeon	ToddHW	00:05:36
Play 65	Reflections in a Printing-Office	Larry Wilson	00:00:54

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