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Thread #147564   Message #3420973
Posted By: Dead Horse
16-Oct-12 - 06:07 PM
Thread Name: Req: Tommy's Gone Away-Short Sharp Shanties
Subject: RE: Req: Tommy's Gone Away-Short Sharp Shanties
Have not heard that recording, but the most usual words for those verses are as follows:-

To Liverpool that packet school. (but I have heard 'noted'

To dance upon that sandy or sanded floor

Tommy's gone to Bonus-airs (Buenos Aires)