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GUEST,henryp Sailortown? (origin of term) (19) RE: Sailortown? (origin of term) 27 Aug 21


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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