We're rolling down to London Town, Yes, we're rolling down to London Town, Now we'll cruise through Tiger Bay, And in Anchor Lane we'll lay; And we're rolling down to London Town! Tiger Bay; In Boxing the Compass, p270, Roy Palmer writes; Wellclose Square, near London Docks, was known as Tiger Bay, a soubriquet also applied to districts in Cardiff and Belfast. The song, which appears to be unique, was recorded by James Carpenter in the 1920s from John Gerries, a seaman from South Shields. The tune is a variant of 'The Spanish Lady'.
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