Mudcat Café message #4236636

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Thread #56342 Message #4236636
Posted By: Lighter
08-Mar-26 - 02:43 PM
Thread Name: Origins: Ranzo Ray
Subject: RE: Origins: Ranzo Ray

Greenock Telegraph (Dec. 6, 1862):

"STREET SONGS...Songs of a transatlantic or sea-faring class are likewise favourites....Many of the sea-songs are rather vague and Unintelligible:

   I'm going away to China,
   I'll soon be back to Dinah,
   Oh ranz, oh ranz, ooway, ooway.
   Oh, I'm going away to China,
   I'll soon be back to Dinah,
   Oh ranz, oh ranz, ooway, ooway."