I Was Walking through the Dockyard in a Panic

DESCRIPTION: "I was walking through the Dockyard in a panic, When I met a matelot old and grey... And this is what I heard him say, I wonder, yes I wonder, Has the Jaunty made a blunder?" "It's a shame to send me off to sea." The man wants to stay on shore duty
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1987 (Tawney-GreyFunnelLines-RoyalNavy)
KEYWORDS: sailor navy derivative
FOUND IN: Britain
REFERENCES (1 citation):
Tawney-GreyFunnelLines-RoyalNavy, pp. 43-44, "I Was Walking Through the Dockyard in a Panic" (1 text, tune referenced)
CROSS-REFERENCES:
cf. "I Wonder, Yes I Wonder" (tune)
File: Tawn027

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