Name: Thar She Blows by Badge
Duration: 1 min 15 s
Description: This fast jig came to me of a sudden on another walk in the neighborhood, and I immediately said: "Thar She Blows!" It is the scurrying and hustle to get the boats out and after the whales back in the glory days of Nantucket and New Bedford (or, of Ahab and the White Whale).

This came to me after my good friend (from high school, through U of M and Princeton Seminary) Donald Marsden suggested I write one for Gambino, which is the name my high school friends oddly chose for me. It refers to the well-known crime family of NYC at the time (early 70s). I don't know why they picked that moniker for me--I was a well-behaved youth (except for occasional slips). Probably because the head Gambino Capo was named "Carlo", the Italian form of my first name. Still, guys.... Anyway, it makes a fine hornpipe, more than Carlo Gambino deserves. So my late teen photo stands in for him. Not only that, but this photo was taken by said Donald Marsden, in the Arb of Ann Arbor, MI, when we were both somewhat morose undergrads. I dedicate this hornpipe to you, Donald!

Gambino's Hornpipe

This fast jig came to me of a sudden on another walk in the neighborhood, and I immediately said: "Thar She Blows!" It is the scurrying and hustle to get the boats out and after the whales back in the glory days of Nantucket and New Bedford (or, of Ahab and the White Whale).

Thar She Blows

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