Daar Was Eens Een Meisje Loos

DESCRIPTION: Dutch. Ballast-stowing shanty. "Daar was eens ein meisje loos, Hoera, my boy (x2)." A girl goes to see for seven years. She makes a mistake and is to be punished when she says she is the captain's love. She bears a child and says he will marry her
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1977 (Hugill-SongsOfTheSea)
KEYWORDS: foreignlanguage shanty sailor cross-dressing pregnancy children
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REFERENCES (1 citation):
Hugill-SongsOfTheSea, pp. 88-89, "Daar Was Eens Een Meisje Loos" (2 texts, Dutch and English, 1 tune)
File: HSoSe088

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