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Thread #62800   Message #1016119
Posted By: GUEST
10-Sep-03 - 04:22 AM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: Pity Poor Parker (1797)
Subject: Lyr Req: Pity Poor Parker (1797)
Bit of a long shot, but does anyone know the words to this ballad, written by the wife of Richard Parker, a Nore mutineer executed in 1797? I believe the first line is 'Ye Gods above, protect us widows?'