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  <dc:title>The skipper in the Mercantile Marine</dc:title>
  <dc:description>Sheet music for piano and voice titled, “The Skipper in the Mercantile Marine”, appearing as two folio sheets (8 pages total). Cover depicts, in lithograph, a canal scene with barge drawn by a horse and the “skipper” on deck raising his hat and an inset depiction of the performer. Also included are lyrics of the first chorus, “And she fancies ‘e’s a captain of a line-o-battle ship, but from London Bridge to Chelsea is about ‘is longest trip. It’s ‘is uniform what’s done it, but she must be precious green, to go and lose the skipper in the Mercantile marine.</dc:description>
  <dc:date>1818</dc:date>
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