Poor Jack (III)

DESCRIPTION: "Go patter to lubbers and swabs, d'ye see, About danger and fear and the like." The singer will still go to sea, "For they say there's a Providence sits up aloft, To keep watch for the life of Poor Jack." He describes how he learns and tells of his safety
AUTHOR: Charles Dibdin (1745-1814)
EARLIEST DATE: 1841 (T. Dibdin, _Songs of the Late Charles Dibdin_)
KEYWORDS: sailor religious navy
FOUND IN: US(NE)
REFERENCES (4 citations):
Stone-SeaSongsAndBallads XXXIV, pp. 48-50, "Poor Jack" (1 text)
Frank-JollySailorsBold 214, "Poor Jack" (1 text, 1 tune)
ADDITIONAL: T. Dibdin, _Songs of the Late Charles Dibdin_, (London: John Murray, 1841) (available on Google Books), pp. 1-2, "Poor Jack" ("Go patter to lubbers and swabs, d'ye see") (1 text)
Reginald Nettel, _Seven Centuries of Popular Song_, Phoenix House, 1956, pp. 144-145, "(Poor Jack)" (1 text)
Roud #24887
NOTES [14 words]: For more on probable author Charles Dibdin, see the notes to "Blow High Blow Low." - RBW
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