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Lighter	Origins: Sebastopol (32)	RE: Origins: Sebastopol	13 Nov 19
Fowke's version is from a manuscript of chanteys known to William H. Smith (1867-1955) of Liverpool, N.S., typed out by his son in 1940. The elder Smith went to sea in the 1880s: "OLD ENGLAND'S GAINED THE DAY "Sebastopol is taken; Cheer, boys, cheer; Sebastopol is taken; Old England's gained the day. "Did you ever hear those cannons roar? Cheer, boys, cheer; Did you ever hear those cannons roar? Old England's gained the day. "Heard this song aboard an English ship in Barbadoes. Did not hear sailors out of here [N.S.] sing it, though some may have heard the words and have sung it. It was a song that required a large cew to give it a good effect."

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