The Tar's Sheet Anchor

Song TitleThe Tar's Sheet Anchor (Search)
Composer(s):William Reeve
Author(s):J. C. Cross
Keyword(s) & Features: Adventures; Anchors; Battles; Bravery; Bullets; Cannons; Danger; England; Guns; Hammocks; Hope; Howling; Metaphor: Hope as Anchor; Nationalism; Pride; Seas; Sleep; Stormy; Strangers; Tars; Tempests; Thunder; Wars; Watches; Youth
First LineIn early youth to fear a stranger (Search)
Year of composition 1796 (Search) Circa
Link to English Text Onlinehttps://www.lieder.net/lieder/get_text.html?TextId=536887
Musical FormStrophic (Search)
Original LanguageEnglish (Search)
Score Source https://books.google.com/books/about/Reliquary_of_English_Song_Series_2_1700.html?id=Y6kQAAAAYAAJ
Difficulty LevelHS (Search)
Voice part suggested by composerBass or Bass-Baritone
Range: G2 - D4 (Search)
Original KeyC Major (Search)
NotesFrom a musical play called "The Charity Boy" (Search)
Recommended Printed SourceReliquary of English Song, Vol. 2 (Search)
ContributorSHK (Search)
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