Foggy Foggy Banks, The

DESCRIPTION: "Out on the foggy foggy banks, We pitch and toss about, And blow our frozen fingers When we hear our skipper shout." The singer ran away from home and school to find work on a trawler. He declares there is no "plain sailing"
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1972 (Colquhoun-NZ-Folksongs-SongOfAYoungCountry)
KEYWORDS: sailor work hardtimes travel
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REFERENCES (2 citations):
Colquhoun-NZ-Folksongs-SongOfAYoungCountry, p. 86, "The Foggy Foggy Banks" (1 text, 1 reconstructed tune) (p. 48 in the 1972 edition)
Garland-FacesInTheFirelight-NZ, p. 296, "(no title)" (1 text)
NOTES [29 words]: Garland says that one version of this has a tune related to a 1950s pop song "The Blackboard of My Heart." recorded by Hank Thomas. But this isn't the tune Colquhoun used. - RBW
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File: Colq048

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