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
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Chapters
- Chapter 1
Preface
08:30 - Chapter 2
The Old Tavern
03:25 - Chapter 3
El Capitan General
04:01 - Chapter 4
Uncle Sam
02:54 - Chapter 5
Mother Carey
02:45 - Chapter 6
The Bird Crew
01:58 - Chapter 7
Davy Jones
01:39 - Chapter 8
The Devil’s Pot
02:26 - Chapter 9
One, Two, Three
03:11 - Chapter 10
La Bella Strega
02:39 - Chapter 11
The Beautiful Witch
02:41 - Chapter 12
The Witch’s Box
04:23 - Chapter 13
The Mermaid
02:48 - Chapter 14
The Merman
05:17 - Chapter 15
The Wizard Finn
03:57 - Chapter 16
Charley Buff
02:13 - Chapter 17
Bold Robin Rover
03:09 - Chapter 18
Time for Us to Go
03:55 - Chapter 19
Rolling Over
04:01 - Chapter 20
The Musquito
02:07 - Chapter 21
Stand from Under!
05:20 - Chapter 22
Near Havanna
02:46 - Chapter 23
The Three Dead Men
02:23 - Chapter 24
The Lady-Sailor
01:19 - Chapter 25
The Spanish Sailor’s Song
01:33 - Chapter 26
The Lover to the Sailor
01:23 - Chapter 27
Green Corn and Potatoes
02:03 - Chapter 28
The Sailor’s Farewell
03:01 - Chapter 29
Mackerel Signs
01:29 - Chapter 30
True Blue
02:33 - Chapter 31
The Story of Samuel Jackson
06:47 - Chapter 32
The Dandy Ship
01:40 - Chapter 33
Jack of all Trades
02:23 - Chapter 34
The Girl Wind
02:14 - Chapter 35
The Rise and Fall of Gloryville
10:41 - Chapter 36
In the Wrong Box
04:46 - Chapter 37
Zion Jersey Boggs
07:46 - Chapter 38
The Ballad of the Green Old Man
06:58 - Chapter 39
Carrying Coals
01:56 - Chapter 40
Carey, of Carson
05:23 - Chapter 41
Josephi in Benicia
05:33 - Chapter 42
The Story of a Lie
02:49 - Chapter 43
The Legend of Saint Anthony
04:10 - Chapter 44
A Russian Lyric
04:25 - Chapter 45
Melodramnation
04:52 - Chapter 46
A Tale of Idaho
03:21 - Chapter 47
A Californian Romance
05:05 - Chapter 48
The Story of Mr. Scroper, Architect
03:58 - Chapter 49
That Interestin’ Boy
01:18 - Chapter 50
Miss Miles, the Telegraph Girl
06:30 - Chapter 51
An American Cock-Tale
07:32 - Chapter 52
Judge Wyman
05:28 - Chapter 53
In Nevada
08:10 - Chapter 54
The Philanthropic Club
04:33 - Chapter 55
The Coloured Fortune-Hunter
00:59 - Chapter 56
Penn
03:35 - Chapter 57
Ballad of the Foxes
05:05 - Chapter 58
Est Modus in Rebus
05:15 - Chapter 59
The Masher
08:11 - Chapter 60
Arizona John
03:25 - Chapter 61
The Ballad of Charity
04:45 - Chapter 62
Multum in Parvo
01:13 - Chapter 63
The Organist of Bergamo
07:49 - Chapter 64
The Goth and the Pigeon
05:36 - Chapter 65
Reflections in a Printing-Office
00:54