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) US(MW)
REFERENCES (2 citations):
Smith/Hatt/Fowke-SeaSongsBalladFromNineteenthCenturyNovaScotia, p. 12, "Sauer Kraut" (1 text)
Swan-BalladsAndFolkSongsFromMorningSunIowa 60, p. 121, "Sauer Kraut" (1 text, which appears to mix "Suer Kraut" and "Sauerkraut")
Roud #8890
CROSS-REFERENCES:
cf. "Sauerkraut" (subject)
NOTES [72 words]: This has enough in common with "Sauer Kraut" 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. Although the version in Swan-BalladsAndFolkSongsFromMorningSunIowa seems to mix the versions: The chorus is from "Sauer Kraut," but there is no sailing boat, and the verse is from "Sauerkraut." - RBW
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