Roll on the Boat that Takes Me Home

DESCRIPTION: "I went ashore in Singapore, And there I broke my leave," to return to learn that "You're due for a forty-two And a mansion on the hill" -- i.e. a transfer. "Roll on the boat, the boat that takes me home, Free from this land of pox and fever"
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1987 (Tawney-GreyFunnelLines-RoyalNavy)
KEYWORDS: navy travel bug hardtimes home
FOUND IN: Britain(England(South))
REFERENCES (1 citation):
Tawney-GreyFunnelLines-RoyalNavy, pp. 64-65, "Roll on the Boat that Takes Me Home" (1 text)
File: Tawn047

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