Hurrah, Hurrah, Hurrah!

DESCRIPTION: German shanty. Sailors arrive in David street in Hamburg where they can buy girls for five pennies. Song enumerates various girls and their attributes. The sailors spend all the money and go back to sea.
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1961 (Hugill-ShantiesFromTheSevenSeas)
KEYWORDS: foreignlanguage shanty sailor whore sex money
FOUND IN: Germany
REFERENCES (1 citation):
Hugill-ShantiesFromTheSevenSeas, pp. 138-140, "Hurrah, Hurrah, Hurrah!" (2 texts-German & English, 1 tune)
ALTERNATE TITLES:
Wat Wi Doht
David Straat
File: Hugi138

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