I Hopped up on the Gangway

DESCRIPTION: "I hopped up to the gangway and I hailed the picket boat" to head for Voller Street. He meets a girl -- but then her "fancy bloke" arrives. He is caught and put on trial; he is sent off to jail and suffers other penalties. He warns his hearers
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1987 (Tawney-GreyFunnelLines-RoyalNavy)
KEYWORDS: sailor courting punishment money
FOUND IN: Britain(England(South))
REFERENCES (1 citation):
Tawney-GreyFunnelLines-RoyalNavy, p. 53, "I Hopped up on the Gangway" (1 text, with tune on p. 150)
File: Tawn038

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