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Thread #67549 Message #4212570
Posted By: Lighter
30-Nov-24 - 10:45 AM
Thread Name: Origins: Aboard a Man o' War
Subject: RE: Origins: Aboard a Man o' War
This is a somewhat incoherent manuscript text of a verbose song known in' America by 1768. Some of the lines are similar to those in "Aboard a Man o' War":
As I walked along the street, A captain I chanced to meet.... Be ruled by me, and if you think fit, Git [sic] on board a man of war....
The very first day I went on board... They tied my poor tender hands with those Damnation hickory bands. They shost [sic] me while I could not stand On board a man of war....
And now I've set my foot on shore There's never a damned (Blank) who Shall ever entice me any more On board of a man of war.