Whistling at the Ploo

DESCRIPTION: "It's to the girls of Peterhead that these few lines I write": Ploughing the ocean is what brave sailors do; "lazy lubber landsmen go whistling at the ploo"
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1914 (Greig/Duncan4)
KEYWORDS: farming work nonballad sailor
FOUND IN: Britain(Scotland(Aber))
REFERENCES (1 citation):
Greig/Duncan4 922, "Whistling at the Ploo" (1 text)
Roud #6240
CROSS-REFERENCES:
cf. "Hearts of Gold" (theme)
cf. "I Love My Sailor Boy" (theme)
File: GrD4922

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