Sweethearts and Wives

DESCRIPTION: Saturday night onshore. "No duty call'd ... Each gave the girl that he ador'd And push'd the grog about." Each sailor is named and toasts his girl, and later dreaming "still push'd the grog about"
AUTHOR: Charles Dibdin (source: T. Dibdin, _Songs of the Late Charles Dibdin_)
EARLIEST DATE: 1841 (T. Dibdin, _Songs of the Late Charles Dibdin_)
KEYWORDS: love drink moniker lover wife sailor
FOUND IN: US(NE)
REFERENCES (2 citations):
Frank-JollySailorsBold 215, "Sweethearts and Wives" (1 text, 2 tunes)
ADDITIONAL: T. Dibdin, _Songs of the Late Charles Dibdin_, (London: John Murray, 1841 (available on Google Books)), pp. 34-35, "Sweethearts and Wives" ("'Twas Saturday night, the twinkling stars") (1 text)
Roud #31353
File: FJSB215

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