Lyr Add: The Press Gang Came to Willie

Subject: Lyr Add: THE PRESS GANG CAME TO WILLIE
From: Conrad Bladey (Peasant- Inactive)
Date: 21 Mar 00 - 06:51 PM

The Press Gang Came to Willie
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The press gang came to Willie,
While he was all alone;
He bravely fought for liberty,
But there was three to one.
The blood it flowed in torrents,
He said  "O pray kill me,
I'd rather die for Mary's sake
Than I'd put out to sea."

Subject: RE: Lyr Add: The Press Gang Came to Willie
From: Snuffy
Date: 21 Mar 00 - 07:12 PM

This is a verse from "The Banks of Sweet Dundee" - there are two American versions of this in the DT, and I posted two English (Suffolk) versions to Dick last month, which may (or may not) appear in the April 00 update.

Wassail! V