Shore Sailor

DESCRIPTION: "Shore sailor, shore sailor, Pull for the shore. Pull like a son-of-a-bitch but don't break the oar. Safe in the lifeboat, clinging to sin more. Leave the dreary sinking wreck and pull for the shore."
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1985 (Tawney-GreyFunnelLines-RoyalNavy)
KEYWORDS: sailor sin ship wreck nonballad derivative
FOUND IN: Britain(England)
REFERENCES (1 citation):
Tawney-GreyFunnelLines-RoyalNavy, p. 145, "Shore Sailor" (1 fragment)
CROSS-REFERENCES:
cf. "Pull for the Shore" (tune)
NOTES [36 words]: This is just close enough to "Pull For the Shore" that it might possibly be a much-coarsened descendant rather than a deliberate parody. But I think the latter more likely, and so have filed it as a separate song. - RBW
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