Stoker's Lament, The

DESCRIPTION: "Down in the stokehold there's all sorts of jobs, Priming and topping and sorting out cobs." The chief stoker orders the stokers to work. The stokers beg the chief to let one of them go on sleeping
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1968 (Tawney-GreyFunnelLines-RoyalNavy)
KEYWORDS: sailor work derivative
FOUND IN: Britain(England)
REFERENCES (1 citation):
Tawney-GreyFunnelLines-RoyalNavy, pp. 32-33, "The Stoker's Lament" (1 text, tune referenced)
CROSS-REFERENCES:
cf. "Vilikens and his Dinah (William and Dinah) [Laws M31A/B]" (tune) and references there
File: Tawnn017

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