Fiddler's Green

DESCRIPTION: "As I roved by the dockside one evening so rare... I heard an old fisherman singing this song, Oh, take me away, boys, my time is not long... And I'll see you someday in Fiddler's Green." The singer describes the joys the sailor will find there
AUTHOR: John Connolly
EARLIEST DATE: 1966 (source: Palmer-OxfordBookOfSeaSongs)
KEYWORDS: sailor death home
FOUND IN: Canada(Newf)
REFERENCES (2 citations):
Palmer-OxfordBookOfSeaSongs 157, "Fiddler's Green" (1 text, 1 tune)
DT, FIDGREEN*
Roud #26370
File: PaSe157

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