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    DANCING CLOWN

    'Twas a summer day in Gloucester town,
    Where a gentle fog had settled down,
    To George's bank, and fishing bound,
    In a schooner named the Dancing Clown.

    John Coffin was the skipper's name,
    The largest catch his claim to fame,
    The wild Atlantic his to tame,
    A hard profession on the bounding main

    Flounder, haddock, some cod as well,
    Hauled into dories that rode the swell,
    Fog muted the ring of a far distant bell,
    Guiding home a heartwarming knell.

    A hold full of fish, a wind in her sail,
    An escort of dolphin and maybe a whale,
    Returned to Gloucester, that salty old town,
    The skipper and crew of the old Dancing Clown.

    Ian Adrian Millar

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    Thanks, interesting - have you any further general information.

    Realise this is Gloucester, Massachusetts.

    Wonder if John Coffin is part of:

    THE COFFIN FAMILY OF BOSTON: http://www.uelac.org/Loyalist-Info/e...sann-Smith.pdf

    Regards, Keith.

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    Keith: Poem is just based on the hundreds of schooners that fished the Grand Banks out of Gloucester, Massachusetts and all fictitious. Coffin is a name found in New England as you know. I served with a bosun by the name of Coffin while aboard the cutter EASTWIND out of Boston. Often went fishing in the Gloucester/Cape Ann area resulting in some nice flounder fish frys. Dancing Clown the name of the schooner came from my grand daughter who happened to mention a dancing clown on TV which I overheard and used. Hope you are all staying well and safe from the virus.

    All the best

    Ian

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    Thanks Ian, the background helps appreciate all more.

    Keith.

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