Song of the Shirt

DESCRIPTION: "This old coat of mine, The inside's fairly clean, But the outside has seen some dirty weather. So I'll cast this coat away Until the blooming Day. Roll on the ship that takes me home." Repeat with collar, tie, shirt, until the singer is ready to go home
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1967 (Ward-Jackson/Lucas-AirmansSongBook)
KEYWORDS: soldier clothes home
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REFERENCES (1 citation):
Ward-Jackson/Lucas-AirmansSongBook, pp. 113-114, "Song of the Shirt" (1 text)
Roud #475
NOTES [70 words]: Roud's #475 is basically "Here's to the Grog (All Gone for Grog)," but he includes in the number the perhaps-related "This Old Hat of Mine," and he includes this piece apparently as a relative of "This Old Hat of Mine." I'll grant a sort of continuous variation from one end of the #475 spectrum to the other, but I really think that this should be considered separate from "Here's to the Grog." So I've split them. - RBW
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File: WJL113

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