Bold McCarthy

Song re: a young Irishman, McCarthy, who stowed away on "The City of the Baltimore", bound for New York. The mate insults McCarthy as "an Irishman". McCarthy offers to fight any man on board. He defeats the mate, second mate and bosun (all of whom use tools against McCarthy - an...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Dooley, John P.
Other Authors: Dooley, John P. Sr. (father of collector), Bold, Valentina
Language:unknown
Published: 1989
Subjects:
Bonavista Bay
Online Access:http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/munfla_list/id/4317
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Summary:Song re: a young Irishman, McCarthy, who stowed away on "The City of the Baltimore", bound for New York. The mate insults McCarthy as "an Irishman". McCarthy offers to fight any man on board. He defeats the mate, second mate and bosun (all of whom use tools against McCarthy - an iron blade and a hand spike). The captain rewards McCarthy by making him the mate.

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