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The Jolly Tar
Roud Folksong Index (S150724)

1 of approx 9 results
First Line

Once I courted a pretty girl, I loved her passing well

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662 [Search for 662 in the current indexes]

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Alfred Williams MSS No.Mi.614 (Bathe/Clissold Index)

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Williams, Alfred

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$MS No.589

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Transcript of text on Wiltshire Community History site

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X6914

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https://history.wiltshire.gov.uk/community/folksongsintro.php
The Pressgang
Roud Folksong Index (S158436)

2 of approx 9 results
First Line

As I walked up of London street

Roud No

662 [Search for 662 in the current indexes]

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Moeran, Six Folk Songs from Norfolk pp.16-19

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Sutton, James

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England : Norfolk : Winterton

Collector

Moeran, E.J.

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Printed : Book

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London street : Press gang : What usage? : British man of war : grog and tobacco : Flogged

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X5153

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The Pressgang
Roud Folksong Index (S158437)

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First Line

As I walked up London street

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662 [Search for 662 in the current indexes]

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Journal of the Folk-Song Society 7 (1922) pp.11-12

Performer

Sutton, James

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England : Norfolk : Winterton

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Moeran, E.J.

Date collected

1915 (Jul)

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X6539

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On Board of a Man of War O
Roud Folksong Index (S156910)

4 of approx 9 results
First Line

I married a wife and her name was Grace

Roud No

662 [Search for 662 in the current indexes]

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Karpeles, Cecil Sharp Collection 2 p.299

Performer

Taylor, Thomas

Place

England : Herefordshire : Ross

Collector

Sharp, Cecil J.

Date collected

1921 (10 Sep)

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C.J. Sharp MS

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X5127

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Song About a Man of War, a [earliest Reference Entry]
Roud Folksong Index (S460939)

5 of approx 9 results
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Roud No

662 [Search for 662 in the current indexes]

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Eury Coll. Appalachian State University (online)

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Charleston

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1768

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[Data supplied by Steve Gardham as part of a project to identify earliest known versions of specific songs]

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X10680

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On Board of a Man of War O
Roud Folksong Index (S156911)

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First Line

I married a wife and her name was Grace

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662 [Search for 662 in the current indexes]

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Journal of the Folk-Song Society 8 (1927) p.14

Performer

Taylor, Thomas

Place

England : Herefordshire : Ross

Collector

Sharp, Cecil J.

Date collected

1921 (10 Sep)

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Frag. Text; Music

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C.J. Sharp MS

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X6539

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A Song About a Man of War
Roud Folksong Index (S397698)

7 of approx 9 results
First Line

Once I courted a pretty girl, thinking for to gain her

Roud No

662 [Search for 662 in the current indexes]

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W. Amos Abrams Collection (Appalachian State University)

Performer

Lenoir, Gen. William

Place

USA : N. Carolina

Collector

Abrams, W. Amos

Date collected

1768

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Spending all my store

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From Gen. William Lenoir's notebook (1768)

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X8767

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http://omeka.library.appstate.edu/items/show/14855
Man of War
Roud Folksong Index (S183412)

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First Line

I married a wife and her name was Grace

Roud No

662 [Search for 662 in the current indexes]

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Cecil Sharp MSS, Folk Words p.3348 / Folk Tunes p.4875

Performer

Taylor, Thomas

Place

England : Herefordshire : Ross

Collector

Sharp, Cecil J.

Date collected

1921 (10 Sep)

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[Second title: ON BOARD A MAN O' WAR]

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X4675

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Man of War
Roud Folksong Index (S153943)

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First Line

I married a wife and her name was Grace

Roud No

662 [Search for 662 in the current indexes]

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Reeves, Idiom of the People (1958) p.155

Performer

Taylor, Mr.

Place

England : Herefordshire : Ross

Collector

Sharp, Cecil J.

Date collected

1921

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Married a wife : Grace : Ugly face : Disgrace : On board a man of war : Hung me up by my two thumbs

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C.J. Sharp MS (No.3348)

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X5226

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The Jolly Tar Roud Folksong Index (S150724)

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The Pressgang Roud Folksong Index (S158436)

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On Board of a Man of War O Roud Folksong Index (S156910)

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Song About a Man of War, a [earliest Reference Entry] Roud Folksong Index (S460939)

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On Board of a Man of War O Roud Folksong Index (S156911)

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A Song About a Man of War Roud Folksong Index (S397698)

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The Jolly Tar
Roud Folksong Index (S150724)

The Pressgang
Roud Folksong Index (S158436)

The Pressgang
Roud Folksong Index (S158437)

On Board of a Man of War O
Roud Folksong Index (S156910)

Song About a Man of War, a [earliest Reference Entry]
Roud Folksong Index (S460939)

On Board of a Man of War O
Roud Folksong Index (S156911)

A Song About a Man of War
Roud Folksong Index (S397698)

Man of War
Roud Folksong Index (S183412)

Man of War
Roud Folksong Index (S153943)