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Thread #124005   Message #2735718
Posted By: sionnach
01-Oct-09 - 07:17 AM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: The Pressed Man's Lamentation
Subject: Napoleonic War Song - Charley Yarwood
I'm looking for more info about a song Charley sings on "Hooks and Nets". The song begins:
Farewell our wives and children
our friends we must bid adieu
for the press gang they have pressed us
for to fight a daring foe.

I couldn't find it in the Roud index, and Ian Woods can't remember its title or provenance. It does sound Napoleonic, but that may be a red herring.

Anybody out there help?