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Thread #429   Message #3679112
Posted By: GUEST,Julia L
21-Nov-14 - 10:49 PM
Thread Name: Origins:There Was an Old Soldier / Old Tobacco Box
Subject: RE: Origins:There Was an Old Soldier / Old Tobacco Box
Just found a Maine version about 2 sailors from 1917... did some searching and came up with this description of A Buffalo pottery, Deldare Ware humidor with covered decorated with sailors and ships. It reads "There was an old sailor And he had a wooden leg He had no tobacco, nor tobacco could he beg. So save up your money, and save up your rocks, And you'll always have tobacco in your tobacco box." signed "J.Gerhardt" and marked "Buffalo Pottery Deldare Ware 1909" on underside

Seem to be the only sailor versions I can find

cheers- Julia