Norfolk Girls, The

DESCRIPTION: "Our topsails reef'd and filled away, All snug aloft we know... Here's a health to all the Norfolk girls, And Portsmouth maidens too." The singer talks of the labors and dangers of a life at sea, always recalling the Norfolk girls and Portsmouth maidens
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1948 (Shay)
KEYWORDS: sailor work battle
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REFERENCES (1 citation):
Shay-AmericanSeaSongsAndChanteys, pp. 172-177, "The Norfolk Girls" (1 text, 1 tune)
ST ShaSS172 (Partial)
File: ShaSS172

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