Charles Edward Carryl (December 30, 1841 – July 3, 1920 Contains information from the ''

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author.

Biography

Born in New York, Carryl became a second-generation successful businessman; and a stockbroker, who for 34 years starting in 1874 held a seat on the

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. In 1869 he married Mary Wetmore. Their elder child was the poet and humorist

Guy Wetmore Carryl Guy Wetmore Carryl (4 March 1873 – 1 April 1904) was an American humorist and poet. Biography Carryl was born in New York City, the first-born of writer Charles Edward Carryl and Mary R. Wetmore. He had his first article published in ''The N ...

. In 1882 Charles E. Carryl published his first work: ''Stock Exchange Primer''. In 1884 he published the children's fantasy '' Davy and the Goblin; or, What Followed Reading "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland"'', serialized in the magazine ''

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''. His work includes the children's nonsense poem “The Walloping Window Blind”, published in 1885, in a verse style similar to

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’s: ''A capital ship for an ocean trip/Was the Walloping Window-Blind;/No wind that blew dismayed her crew/Or troubled the captain’s mind.'' A second novel, '' The Admiral's Caravan'', also serialized in ''St Nicholas'' beginning in December 1891, was dedicated to his daughter Constance.

Adaptations

His poem "The Walloping Window Blind" can be sung to the same tune as '' Ten Thousand Miles Away'', using the same refrain (or with minor changes). It has been variously named "Capital Ship", "Blow, Ye Winds, Heigh-Ho", and "The Walloping Window-Blind". It was called "Capital Ship" by

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on their 2005 album Lost at Sea. His poems "The Sleepy Giant" and "The Walloping Window Blind" are featured on

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's 2010 concept album Leave Your Sleep.

References

External links

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Davy and the Goblin
at Children's Books Online

(audio reading)

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Carryl, Charles E. 1841 births 1920 deaths Writers from New York City American businesspeople American children's writers