Ship to Old England Came, A

DESCRIPTION: With 50 guns and 500 men an English warship meets five French men-of-war. Aloft, the cabin boy sees three English ships -- Oak, Sloe, and Unity -- that join the battle and "quickly made those French dogs flee"
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1974 (recording, Walter Pardon)
KEYWORDS: battle navy England France
FOUND IN: Britain(England(Lond))
Roud #1424
RECORDINGS:
Walter Pardon, "A Ship to Old England Came" (on Voice02)
File: RcasTOEC

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