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Thread #57063   Message #896032
Posted By: nutty
22-Feb-03 - 02:27 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Add: The Mariner's Compass (Is Grog)
Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Mariners' Compass (grog song)
There is a broadside of the song in the Bodleian Library dated 1802 - 1819.

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A further search reveals that the composer is likely to be a John? Holland and that the song was included in a production called 'The Two Little Savoyards' put on at the Adelphi Theatre in 1808.