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Jim Dixon Songs about press-gangs (29) Songs about press-gangs 04 Oct 18


It has come to my attention that the Bodleian Library contains several broadsides on the topic of press-gangs, many of which have never been posted here at Mudcat. I plan to post some of them, but first I think it would be a good idea to review the songs that have already been posted. These are the ones I can find. (There might be some redundancy here, because the same song may have been posted under more than one title.)

ALL THINGS ARE QUITE SILENT
COME ALL YE JOLLY SAILOR BOYS
FAITHLESS SALLY BROWN
FEMALE RAMBLING SAILOR
HERE'S THE TENDER COMING
JOLLY BOLD ROBBER
MAN-OF-WAR
O THE WEARY CUTTERS
ON BOARD A MAN-OF-WAR
ON BOARD A NINETY-EIGHT
ON BOARD THE VICTORY
PADDY O'NEIL
SCILLY ROCKS
THE BANKS OF SWEET DUNDEE
THE BRISK AND LIVELY LAD
THE LAD IN HIS JACKET SO BLUE
THE LOWLANDS OF HOLLAND
THE MAIDEN'S COMPLAINT
THE MAN-OF-WAR'S GARLAND
THE NIGHTINGALE
THE PRESS GANG CAME TO WILLIE
THE PRESSED MAN'S LAMENTATION
THE PRESSERS
THE PRESSGANG
THE PRETTY PLOUGHBOY
THE VICTORY
WATERLOO


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