Alliford Bay

DESCRIPTION: "Oh, give me rain, lots of rain, And an Alliford sky above, Don't ship me out.... Let me rot by myself in the muskeg bog... Keep me here forever, treat my like a dog... Gaze at the rain until I lose my senses, I can't stand guns and I don't like trenches"
AUTHOR: unknown (tune "Don't Fence Me In by Cole Porter, 1944)
EARLIEST DATE: 1979 (Hopkins-SongsFromTheFrontAndRear)
KEYWORDS: humorous derivative soldier
FOUND IN: Canada
REFERENCES (1 citation):
Hopkins-SongsFromTheFrontAndRear, p. 81, "Alliford Bay" (1 text, tune referenced)
Roud #24972
CROSS-REFERENCES:
cf. "Don't Fence Me In" (tune)
cf. "Don't Send Me Home" (tune)
File: Hopk081

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