Sauer Kraut

DESCRIPTION: "Oh, sauer kraut is hunky, boys, And sauer kraut is fine; I tinks I ought to know it 'Cause I eats it all der time." Aboard the Bella Young the crew fishes in summer, carries kelp in winter, and sells saurkraut by the barrel for Johnson or Zwicker.
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1940 (Smith/Hatt/Fowke-SeaSongsBalladFromNineteenthCenturyNovaScotia)
KEYWORDS: ship work food humorous nonballad sailor
FOUND IN: Canada(Mar)
REFERENCES (1 citation):
Smith/Hatt/Fowke-SeaSongsBalladFromNineteenthCenturyNovaScotia, p. 12, "Sauer Kraut" (1 text)
Roud #8890
CROSS-REFERENCES:
cf. "Sauerkraut" (subject)
NOTES [40 words]: This has enough in common with "Sauerkraut" that Roud lumps them. But "Sauer Kraut" is mostly about a sailing boat and "Sauerkraut" is about making the food; they may have a common origin, but at this point I'd consider them separate. - RBW
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