Landsmen One and All (II)
DESCRIPTION: "Warning to all that is young" "You should be better hung" than venture upon the high sea. "Sailors ... are wild ... so girls ... never wed with a jolly young sailor"
AUTHOR: Richard C. Reynolds (source: Frank-JollySailorsBold)
EARLIEST DATE: 1844 (source: Frank-JollySailorsBold)
KEYWORDS: warning marriage sea ordeal nonballad sailor
FOUND IN: US(NE)
REFERENCES (1 citation):
Frank-JollySailorsBold 153B, "Landsmen One and All (II)" (1 text)
NOTES [18 words]: For a list of the (highly obscure) works of Richard C. Reynolds in the Index, see the notes to "Cape Horn." - RBW
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File: FJSB153B
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