Sailors They Are Going Away, The

DESCRIPTION: "The (sailors/Gloucester Boys/etc.) are going away, They won't be back for many a day, They've put all the girls in the family way, To fight for England's glory."
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1979 (Palmer-WhatALovelyWar)
KEYWORDS: soldier sailor pregnancy
FOUND IN: Britain(England)
REFERENCES (2 citations):
Tawney-GreyFunnelLines-RoyalNavy, p. 145, "The Sailors They Are Going Away" (1 fragment)
Palmer-WhatALovelyWar, p. 38, "The Rifle Brigade/The Gloucester Boys/The Buffs" (3 texts, tune referenced)
Roud #29968
ALTERNATE TITLES:
The Gloucester Boys Are Going Away
NOTES [46 words]: Palmer's three texts are for three different regiments, and are listed as using two different tunes, but they're clearly all the same piece, except that the third one has an added (half) verse. One suspects that many other units had versions that haven't been collected. - RBW
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