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Thread #162167   Message #3857964
Posted By: Lighter
30-May-17 - 06:45 PM
Thread Name: Origins: New York Girls
Subject: RE: Req/ADD: New York Girls (Black Irish Band version)
Thanks, Joe.

Despite Wikipedia, the correct date of "Bawdy Sea Shanties" is 1958. The Library of Congress's "Catalog of Copyright Entries: Third series" (1958) shows a September 15 copyright entry.

BIB's opening stanza comes from Hugill, who has "old lease boat."