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JohnB	Who was Paddy Doyle? (20)	RE: Who was Paddy Doyle?	27 Jan 11
From Songs of American Sailormen by Joanna Colcord: "Paddy Doyle was a famous boarding-house master in Liverpool. It is told of him that he kep a cow's horn in the back yard, round which he solemnly marched "green hands", so as to be able to tell a doubting skipper that they had "been three times round the horn!" The shanty was doubtless related in the mind of the singers to the sea-superstition that it brings bad luck to leave port with bills unpaid." I bought the book in a recent mudcat auction and just read this yesterday. JohnB

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