Captain Thunder

DESCRIPTION: "Dear Pinckaninny, if half a guinny, To love will win ye, I lay it here down. We must be throfty, 'twill serve to shift ye." The woman will have none of it: "Ods I wonder You dare be so bold... Or dream too of taking My Fort with small gold."
AUTHOR: Thomas D'Urfey (source: Frank)
EARLIEST DATE: 1694 ("The Comical History of Don Quixote," according to Frank)
KEYWORDS: pirate courting rejection gold money
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REFERENCES (1 citation):
Frank-NewBookOfPirateSongs 16, "Captain Thunder" (1 text, 1 tune; #16 in the first edition)
Roud #V16978
File: Fran016

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