I've Been to France (Turn the Bowl Over)

DESCRIPTION: "I've been to (Plymouth/France/Holland/etc.) and I've been to (Dover); I have been rambling, boys, all the world over... Drink up your liquor and turn your (cup) over, Over and over and over and over"
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1973 (Simpson)
KEYWORDS: drink travel nonballad
FOUND IN: Britain(England(South))
REFERENCES (2 citations):
Tobitt-SkipToMyLou, p. 6, "Turn the Glasses Over" (1 text, 1 tune)
ADDITIONAL: Jacqueline Simpson, _The Folklore of Sussex_, B. T. Batsford, 1973, p. 130, "(I've bin to Plymouth and I've bin to Dover)" (1 text)
Roud #2854
File: Simps130

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