Sailor Laddie (II)

DESCRIPTION: "My sailor laddie's far away." He sends the singer a letter saying he's coming back, having left his current girl "on the railway track" "I love coffee, I love tea ... " and mother should "hold her tongue For she loved boys when she was young"
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: c.1925 (Opie/Opie-TheSingingGame)
KEYWORDS: courting return separation playparty mother sailor floatingverses
FOUND IN: Britain(England(North))
REFERENCES (1 citation):
Opie/Opie-TheSingingGame 89, "Sailor Laddie" (1 text, 1 tune)
Roud #2601
CROSS-REFERENCES:
cf. "She Loves Coffee and I Love Tea" (four lines) and notes there
NOTES [17 words]: Coffee, tea, and mother's tongue are discussed with examples at "She Loves Coffee and I Love Tea." - BS
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File: OpGa089

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