"Marry Me, Mary" written and performed by Kay Pere, live at University of Hartford CT "Music for a Change" concert series, 11/6/2009. The details in this story song were drawn from the journals of Mary Brewster (1822-1879) of Stonington, Connecticut, one of the first women to got to sea aboard a whaling ship in the 1840's. You can read more in "She Was a Sister Sailor" by Joan Druett.
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