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Thread #48959 Message #3200598
Posted By: Gibb Sahib
02-Aug-11 - 09:08 PM
Thread Name: South Australia:What the hell's a 'Rolling King'?
Subject: RE: What the hell's a 'Rolling King'?
1938 Colcord, Joanna C. Songs of American Sailormen. New York: Norton.
The Codfish Shanty
Glo'ster girls they have no combs,
Heave away, heave away!
They comb their hair with codfish bones,
We're bound for South Australia.
Heave away, my bully bully boys,
Heave away, heave away!
Heave away, why don't you make a noise?
We're bound for South Australia.
Glo'ster boys they have no sleds,
Heave away, heave away!
They slide down hill on codfish heads.
We're bound for South Australia.