We're Looking for the Kaiser

DESCRIPTION: "We're looking for the Kaiser, He does not come our way. We've searched the mighty ocean Right down to Chesapeake Bay, And when we get to Berlin, The Kaiser he will say... What a bloody fine lot Is the navy of today"
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1987 (Tawney-GreyFunnelLines-RoyalNavy)
KEYWORDS: navy royalty derivative
FOUND IN: Britain(England(South))
REFERENCES (1 citation):
Tawney-GreyFunnelLines-RoyalNavy, p. 82, "We're Looking for the Kaiser" (1 text, tune referenced)
CROSS-REFERENCES:
cf. "The Church's One Foundation" (tune)
NOTES [50 words]: Although the references to the Kaiser in this song are probably to Wilhelm II, it is conceivable that it instead refers to the German dreadnought battleship the Kaiser. Tawney-GreyFunnelLines-RoyalNavy does not mention this possibility, but the existence of the ship would have been well known. - RBW
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File: Tawn063

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