That's What It's Like in the Navy

DESCRIPTION: "I wish I"d never joined for a sailor, mother dear... The girls won't let us court them and the canteen's out of beer, And that's what it's like in the Navy." They are given medals, but they get seasick and live hard lives and get sent to awful places
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1987 (Tawney-GreyFunnelLines-RoyalNavy)
KEYWORDS: sailor navy hardtimes mother
FOUND IN: Britain(England(North))
REFERENCES (1 citation):
Tawney-GreyFunnelLines-RoyalNavy, p. 18, "That's What It's Like in the Navy" (1 text, with tune on p. 147)
File: Tawn001

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