Orders Came for Sailing

DESCRIPTION: "Orders came for sailing, flash up number one, Go and chase up Chiefy, the panic has begun. Tiffies are rushing here and there, It's hot down here, but the pigs don't care, We're flashing up regardless, We've got to go to sea."
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1987 (Tawney-GreyFunnelLines-RoyalNavy)
KEYWORDS: sailor navy derivative
FOUND IN: Britain
REFERENCES (1 citation):
Tawney-GreyFunnelLines-RoyalNavy, p. 31, "Orders Came for Sailing" (1 text, tune referenced)
CROSS-REFERENCES:
cf. "Lili Marlene" (tune)
File: Tawn015

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