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Posted By: Steve Gardham
11-Oct-21 - 09:38 AM
Thread Name: Origins: Blood Red Roses - the (NZ) sealing song
Subject: RE: Origins: Blood Red Roses - the (NZ) sealing song

If it's set in 1803 it can't have been written as a chanty before 1830 as chanties didn't exist before then, plus the earliest mention I have is c1865-9.