Detail View: Mary Wheeler Collection : Come Love Come, The Boat Lies Low
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Filename:
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MW.B3.F6.002(p).tif
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Identifier:
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MW.B3.F6.002(p)
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Title:
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Come Love Come, The Boat Lies Low
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Creator:
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Cliff
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Subject:
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Steamboats
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Subject:
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African Americans -- Paducah (KY)
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Subject:
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African American music -- Paducah (KY)
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Subject:
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Black history -- Paducah (KY)
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Description:
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Typed lyrics to the song, Come Love Come, The Boat Lies Low, as sung by the former roustabout Cliff and provided here by Mary Wheeler's typed notes. This song mentions the Ryman Line and the boats the B.S. RHEA (Way #0423) and TYRONE (Way #5482). The B.S. RHEA, a sternwheel packet boat with a wooden hull (162.3 x 31.9 x 4.5), was built in 1878 at Louisville, KY. The TYRONE, a sternwheel packet boat with a wooden hull (190 x 32 x 5) was built in 1877 at St. Louis, MO and replaced the former boat of the same name TYRONE (Way # 5483).
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Publisher:
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McCracken County Public Library
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Contributor:
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Wheeler, Mary (1892-1979)
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Date:
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Circa 1935
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Type:
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Still Image
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Format:
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Image/TIFF
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Language:
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English
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Coverage:
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Lower Ohio River Valley
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Rights:
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Permission must be obtained from the McCracken County Public Library, Local and Family History Department
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Citation:
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Ancestry Library Edition. ProQuest, n.d. Web. Caron's Directory of the City of Paducah, KY. Louisville, KY: Caron Directory Company Inc., 1908-1959. Print. "Find A Grave - Millions of Cemetery Records." Web. 2014. "Paducahky.gov." Oak Grove Cemetery. City of Paducah. Web. 2014. Way, Frederick, Jr. Way�s Packet Directory, 1848-1983. Athens, OH: Sons and Daughters of Pioneer Rivermen, 1983. Print. Way, Frederick, and Joseph W. Rutter. Way's Steam Towboat Directory. Athens: Ohio UP, 1990. Print. Wheeler, Mary. Steamboatin� Days: Folk Songs of the River Packet Era. Baton Rouge, LA: Louisiana State University Press, 1944. Print. 1860-1940 U.S. Census, population schedule, digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com)
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