Shire, Shire, Somersetshire

DESCRIPTION: "We're leaving Khartoum on the cattle saloon, We're traveling by night and by day...." "Shire, Shire, Somersetshire, The skipper looks on her with pride... This is my story, this is my song, I've been in Iraq too bloody long. So roll on the Nelson...."
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1967 (Ward-Jackson/Lucas-AirmansSongBook)
KEYWORDS: soldier home floatingverses ship technology travel food derivative | aircraft Khartoum
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REFERENCES (2 citations):
Ward-Jackson/Lucas-AirmansSongBook, pp. 114-117, "Shire, Shire, Somersetshire" (1 text, 1 tune)
Page-KissMeGoodnightSergeantMajor, p. 180, "Flying By Night And By Day" (1 fragment, probably this: "We're leaving Khartoum by the light of the moon, We're flying by night and by day, We're out in the heat and we've fuck all to eat, 'Cos we've thrown all our rations away")
CROSS-REFERENCES:
cf. "Roll on the Rodney" (lyrics)
cf. "Those Shaibah Blues" (lyrics)
NOTES [24 words]: The tune of this is probably "Blessed Assurance" ("This is my story, this is my song") but the texts known to me don't explicitly say so. - RBW
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File: WJL114

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