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Thread #49380   Message #1728910
Posted By: Joe Offer
27-Apr-06 - 01:29 PM
Thread Name: Origins: Ye Mariners All / A Jug of This
Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Ye Mariners All
There sure isn't much on this song in the Traditional Ballad Index - it lists just the version in the Penguin Book (which is the version in the Digital Tradition).

Ye Mariners All

DESCRIPTION: Singer, a sailor, describes the joys of booze and urges all to share them.
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1838
KEYWORDS: drink nonballad sailor
FOUND IN: Britain(England(Lond,South))
REFERENCES (2 citations):
Vaughan Williams/Lloyd, p. 103, "Ye Mar'ners All" (1 text, 1 tune)
DT, MARNERSA*

Roud #1191
RECORDINGS:
A. L. Lloyd, "A Jug of This" (on Lloyd12)
CROSS-REFERENCES:
cf. "The Butcher Boy" (tune)
File: VWL103

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