Captain of the Heads' Lament

DESCRIPTION: "My job is to clean a naval latrine, I'm the man with the plan for the pan that everyone uses.... I clean it by night, and I clean it by day... Terrifically clean is my latrine." He complains of those who are not careful in their use of his charge
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1987 (Tawney-GreyFunnelLines-RoyalNavy)
KEYWORDS: work hardtimes derivative scatological
FOUND IN: Britain
REFERENCES (1 citation):
Tawney-GreyFunnelLines-RoyalNavy, pp. 25-26, "Captain of the Heads' Lament" (1 text, tune referenced)
CROSS-REFERENCES:
cf. "Begin the Beguine" (tune)
File: Tawn008

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