Smuggler's Victory, The

DESCRIPTION: "Come all you Sussex heroes with courage stout and bold." About a battle between the "preventive men" and a band of smugglers. The preventive men attack and shoot two smugglers, but the smugglers counter-attack and win. They celebrate
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1986 (Palmer-OxfordBookOfSeaSongs)
KEYWORDS: pirate battle money sailor
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REFERENCES (1 citation):
Palmer-OxfordBookOfSeaSongs 89, "The Smuggler's Victory" (1 text)
Roud #V6813
File: PaSe089

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