Gosport

DESCRIPTION: "I sing not of Naples, of Venice, of Rome... But will sing of a seaport, and Gosport's the town." They don't know what mops are at the inns; there are no more than 10,000 "lasses of pleasure"; justice is drowned in beer. The singer bids the town farewell
AUTHOR: Words: Henry Man / Music: Richard Leveridge (source: Browne-FolkSongsOfOldHampshire)
EARLIEST DATE: 1765 (broadside, according to Browne-FolkSongsOfOldHampshire)
KEYWORDS: humorous home sailor whore nonballad
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REFERENCES (1 citation):
Browne-FolkSongsOfOldHampshire, pp. 57-59, "Gosport" (1 text, 1 tune)
File: BrHa057

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