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Thread #134132   Message #3197733
Posted By: Gibb Sahib
29-Jul-11 - 03:47 AM
Thread Name: Origin: Lowlands Away
Subject: RE: 'Lowlands Away' - origins.
1910        Clark, Arthur H. _The Clipper Ship Era_. New York and London: G.P. Putnam's Sons.

Clark is speaking generically about the clipper ship "era," circa 1840s-60s. He gives Lowlands in this setting.

The anchor is hove up to:

"I wish I was in Slewer's Hall,
Lowlands, lowlands, hurra, my boys,
A-drinking luck to the old Black Ball,
My dollar and a half a day."