The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #56659   Message #933426
Posted By: GUEST,Q
14-Apr-03 - 05:21 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Add: Hi Rio, Randy-o! Shanty?
Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Hi Rio, Randy-o! Shanty?
Ballocky is suggestive of the song "Bollochy Bill the Sailor," often sung by kids as "Barnacle Bill." Ed Cray, "The Erotic Muse," considers the song to be a descendant of "Abel (Abram) Brown the Sailor."
I will post the version in Cray to thread 36791, Abraham Brown the Sailor: Abraham Brown