- A
bumboat is a
small boat used to
ferry supplies to
ships moored away from the s****. The name
comes from the
combination of the
Dutch word for a canoe—"boomsc****t"...
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Singapore thrived as an entrepôt. In the 1960s,
bumboats were used to
transport cargoes and
supplies between nears****
ships and
Singapore River....
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travel to ****u Ubin from the main
island of
Singapore via a 10-minute
bumboat ride from the
Changi Point Ferry Terminal (previously
known as the Changi...
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Birmingham Royal Ballet. The
ballet is
based on Gilbert's 1870 Bab
Ballad "The
Bumboat Woman's Story", as is H.M.S. Pinafore.
Cranko expanded the
plotline of...
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Cranko with
arranger Sir
Charles Mackerras.
Pineapple Poll is
based on "The
Bumboat Woman's Story", one of W. S. Gilbert's Bab Ballads,
written in 1870. The...
- The
exact phrase is used
earlier on the same page "Here's a
breeze in a
bumboat!
shiver my
timbers and top-lights, what will our Majesty's loblolly-boys...
- the
Drama Festival. In 1984,
Abisheganaden starred in **** Lee's play
Bumboat—the
title song,
featuring the cast, was
released as a record, with "Unsaid"...
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ships Yacht tender, a
craft that
services an anc****d or
moored yacht Bumboat –
Small boat used to
ferry supplies to
ships moored away from the s****...
- the
river where it had sunk last autumn,
overladen with apples. The old
bumboat woman, who was
carrying her
fruit to
market on the
Surrey side, sat there...
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Pineapple Poll,
which features music from
Gilbert and ****van's
operetta The
Bumboat Woman's Story, is also set in Portsmouth.
Portsmouth hosts yearly remembrances...
