Eight Bells

DESCRIPTION: Forebitter shanty. "Oh me husband's a saucy foretopman, Oh a chum of the cook, don't ye know!" "Eight bells, eight bells, Rouse out the watch from below." The husband was a successful sailor; now at home, he is happy but still recalls the whales in dreams
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1977 (Hugill-SongsOfTheSea)
KEYWORDS: whaler shanty home wife dream
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REFERENCES (2 citations):
Hugill-SongsOfTheSea, p. 129, "Eight Bells" (1 text, 1 tune)
Sanders-SingHighSingLow, p. 12, "Eight Bells" (1 text, 1 tune)
Roud #13268
File: HSoSe129

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