Bangor Boat's Away, The

DESCRIPTION: "The Bangor boat's away, The Bangor boat's away, For we won't be home till morning, We won't be home till morning (x2), The Bangor boat's away." "The Bangor boat's away, We have no time to play." "The Bangor boat's away, We have no time to stay."
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1983 (Peirce-KeepTheKettleBoiling)
KEYWORDS: ship travel separation | morning
FOUND IN: Ireland
REFERENCES (1 citation):
Peirce-KeepTheKettleBoiling, p. 65, "(The Bangor boat's away)" (1 text)
Roud #19300
NOTES [23 words]: Roud appears to combine this with "Bell Horses," but while they may well be based on the same original, I'd consider them separate songs. - RBW
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File: PKKB065D

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