In the Year of '39

DESCRIPTION: "When I was a young man in the year of '39," the singer served on the "famous ship" Cassoline. They go searching for other ships and encounter one much better armed, but fight her off even though only 18 of their own crew can still fight
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1948 (Lane/Gosbee-SongsOfShipsAndSailors)
KEYWORDS: ship fight pirate
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REFERENCES (1 citation):
Lane/Gosbee-SongsOfShipsAndSailors, p. 131, "In the Year of '39" (1 text, 1 tune)
CROSS-REFERENCES:
cf. "The Ship of Revolution" (plot)
NOTES [25 words]: Yeah, right.
Lane/Gosbee-SongsOfShipsAndSailors were unable to identify the ship or the event. I'm not going to try, because this is patent fiction. - RBW
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File: LGo133

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