Raleigh Song, The

DESCRIPTION: "What do we do when we leave the Raleigh? (x3), Early in the morning." "Run like hell for the nearest station." "Catch a train to civilization." "Run like hell to the nearest boozer." "Drink to the health of the boys of the Raleigh"
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1987 (Tawney-GreyFunnelLines-RoyalNavy)
KEYWORDS: ship sailor navy travel drink derivative
FOUND IN: Britain(England(South))
REFERENCES (1 citation):
Tawney-GreyFunnelLines-RoyalNavy, p. 52, "The 'Raleigh' Song" (1 text, tune referenced)
CROSS-REFERENCES:
cf. "The Drunken Sailor (Early in the Morning)" (tune)
NOTES [82 words]: According to Smith, p. 177, there were six Royal Navy ships named Raleigh -- but Young, p. 132, shows that there was none in World War II. Does this mean that it is the same ship as that in "The Nordfeld and the Raleigh"? It would fit the Raleigh's service in the years after World War I; she served in the area of Newfoundland and Maritime Canada; if she stopped at a Newfoundland outport, which would be a very small town, there would be a real temptation to head somewhere bigger. - RBW
Bibliography

Smith: Peter C. Smith, Sailors on the Rocks: Famous Royal Navy Shipwrecks, Pen & Sword, 2015
Young: John Young, A Dictionary of Ships of the Royal Navy of the Second World War, Patrick Stephens, 1975

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