Sammy Ring the Bell

DESCRIPTION: "Sammy ring the bell (x2), Four hours on watch is a bloody long spell. Cold, hard and hungry, Bloody nigh dead as well, Ring, you rubber-necked, bootneck bastard, Ring that bloody bell!"
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1987 (Tawney-GreyFunnelLines-RoyalNavy)
KEYWORDS: navy sailor hardtimes
FOUND IN: Britain
REFERENCES (1 citation):
Tawney-GreyFunnelLines-RoyalNavy, p. 30, "Sammy Ring the Bell" (1 text, with tune on p. 149)
File: Tawn013

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