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Thread #170545   Message #4124509
Posted By: Joe Offer
29-Oct-21 - 03:57 AM
Thread Name: Origins: Old Bill Bolliver/Bill Oliver
Subject: Origins: Old Bill Bolliver
Email request from Morris:

I'm looking for the origin of the attached song "Old Bill Bolliver." I learned it from my father a very long time ago.

Old Bill Bolliver

Old Bill Bolliver, Patsy Dolliver,
Skipper of the “Sweet Marie”.
On the good ship “Soap” they sailed,
They sailed out to sea.
The wind did blow, and the
Waves did roar. The
Good ship “Soap” sailed back to shore.
Old Bill Bolliver--- who was he?
Patsy Dolliver--- Holy Gee!
Old Bill Bolliver, Patsy Dolliver,
Skipper of the “Sweet Marie”.


I think this is the song. Anybody available to transcribe it?