Alice Is Over in Liverpool

DESCRIPTION: A sailor may marry or not, but "there's sweethearts in every port": "Alice is over in Liverpool, Jenny is in New York, Selina lies over in Amsterdam while Bridget was born in Cork... There's Dollys and Mollys, Susanna and Pollys...."
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1951 (MUNFLA-Leach)
KEYWORDS: courting infidelity separation travel nonballad sailor
FOUND IN: Canada(Newf)
Roud #29061
RECORDINGS:
John James, "Alice Is Over in Liverpool" (on MUNFLA-Leach)
File: ML3AIOIL

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