Bar-Room Cads, The
DESCRIPTION: "'Twas the witching hour of midnight, All the bar-room cads where there, Around on cabin on C deck...." The drunks go in to play a trick on the sleeping sailor, who has a fit. The moral: Lock your door when you're around drunken troops
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1976 (Page-ForGawdsakeDontTakeMe)
KEYWORDS: soldier drink hardtimes warning
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REFERENCES (1 citation):
Page-ForGawdsakeDontTakeMe, pp. 49-50, "The Bar-Room Cads" (1 text)
File: PFGS049
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