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Posted By: Q (Frank Staplin)
29-Apr-06 - 11:04 PM
Thread Name: Origins: Ye Mariners All / A Jug of This
Subject: Lyr Add: A JUG OF THIS
The ballad from the Bodleian Library linked by Malcolm Douglas.
Lyr. Add: A Jug of This
You tiplers all as you pass by Call in and drink if you be dry Call in and drink think it not amiss To pawn my shirt for a jug of this.
You mariners all if you have a crown You are welcome here to sit all down Come spend my lads your money brisk And pop your nose in a jug of this.
Now I am bound unto some Spanish shore Where thundering cannons loud will roar Crown my desire fulfil my wish A pretty girl and a jug of tiis.
Now I'm grown old and scarce can crawl With my grey beard and my head bald Transform me now into a fish That I may swim in a jug of this.
When I am dead and in my grave And all my sorrows past and fled Crown my desire fulfill my wish Write on my tomb a jug of this.
J. Pitts, London. Between 1819-1844. Harding B16(120c)