boatman
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It was the last song she recorded before her death this April, and finds the star asking the boatman to ferry her across the river to the afterlife.
From BBC ● Jun. 21, 2026
According to legend, it took rough and rugged characters to tame the early American frontier: men like Daniel Boone, the trailblazer, or Mike Fink, the brawling river boatman.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 26, 2026
"I'm an old boatman, I have experienced another four floods in the village. This was the worst," he told media.
From Reuters ● Sep. 9, 2023
Levin Dukes, a boatman, built the house and was its first occupant.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 21, 2023
He did not have the skills he would need to survive in the coming days, those of outdoorsman, hunter, or river boatman.
From "Chasing Lincoln's Killer" by James L. Swanson
Certainly the good Samaritans must have known the two boatmen were not going to be put on trial, owing to lack of evidence.
From Slate ● Oct. 21, 2025
Many worked as labourers on farms or at the local iron works with others having jobs including as laundry women, boatmen - and one was a local postman.
From BBC ● Dec. 25, 2024
I was captivated, though, by the more realist paintings of François Bocion, who frequently painted working boatmen along Lake Geneva in the 19th century.
From New York Times ● Jul. 10, 2023
Just before the accident, onlookers from the river bank were shouting at the boatmen to navigate carefully.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 27, 2022
It must be a field day for Kerrith boatmen.
From "Rebecca" by Daphne du Maurier
