Sailors Are All at the Bar, The

DESCRIPTION: "The sailors are all at the bar, They cannot get up to Newcastle, The sailors are all at the bar, They cannot get up to Newcastle, Up wi' smoky Shields, And hey for bonny Newcastle, Up wi'..."
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1834 (Sharp, The Bishoprick Garland)
KEYWORDS: nonballad sailor
FOUND IN: Britain(England(North))
REFERENCES (1 citation):
ADDITIONAL: [Cuthbert Sharp], _The Bishopric Garland, A Collection of Legends, Songs, Ballads, &c Belonging to the County of Durham_, 1834 (references are to the 1969 reprint), p. 71, "A South Shields Song" (1 text)
Roud #10954
File: CDBG071

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