Waiting for Kingdom Come

DESCRIPTION: "He's getting his dead from their lonely graves And lumping them all together; There's some of them fools, but more of them knaves, And he's yarding them all together... Waiting for kingdom come, Rotten with whiskey and rum," they pass away the years
AUTHOR: Words: probably William Satchell
EARLIEST DATE: 1902 (Satchell, Land of the Lost, according to Bailey/Roth-ShantiesByTheWay-NZ)
KEYWORDS: burial death
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REFERENCES (1 citation):
Bailey/Roth-ShantiesByTheWay-NZ, p. 128, "(no title)" (1 excerpt)
File: BaRo128B

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