Nature and Nancy

DESCRIPTION: Other sailors lie about their girl. The singer loves Nature (reality) and Nancy. He reads about Venus but he prefers Nancy. Other Jacks's girls are "all for the show"
AUTHOR: Charles Dibdin (source: T. Dibdin, _Songs of the Late Charles Dibdin_)
EARLIEST DATE: 1841 (T. Dibdin, _Songs of the Late Charles Dibdin_)
KEYWORDS: courting love beauty nonballad lover sailor
FOUND IN: US(NE)
REFERENCES (2 citations):
Frank-JollySailorsBold 217, "Nature and Nancy" (1 text, 1 tune)
ADDITIONAL: T. Dibdin, _Songs of the Late Charles Dibdin_, (London: John Murray, 1841 (available on Google Books)), pp. 135-136, "Nature and Nancy" ("Let swabs with their wows, their palaver, and lies") (1 text)
Roud #31351
File: FJSB217

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