I Wish My Captain Would Go Blind

DESCRIPTION: "1 wish my captain would go blind. Wouldn't go to work till half past nine."
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1922 (Brown)
KEYWORDS: curse worker
FOUND IN: US(SE)
REFERENCES (2 citations):
Brown/Belden/Hudson-FrankCBrownCollectionNCFolklore3 244, "I Wish My Captain Would Go Blind" (1 fragment)
Brown/Schinhan-FrankCBrownCollectionNCFolklore5 244, "I Wish My Captain Would Go Blind" (1 tune plus the short text)
Roud #15775
File: Brow3244

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