Collection Date: 13 Jan 1905 (1905-01-13)
Place: King’s Lynn, Norfolk, England. Begley’s Yard, North St.
Perfomer: Thomas Donger
VWML Link: vwml.org/record/rvw2/3/123
Words: WM Doerflinger, Shantymen and Shantyboys, Macmillan Company, New York, 1951 Notes: jfss/1906/8/171, tune only, as Come all You Young Sailors. FK: A characteristic ‘narrative’ ballad tune with, I should say, a ‘Derry Down’ refrain. CJS This is the tune to which Henry Martin [no 12 Captain Markee] is usually sung in the West of England
Index: Roud 1997
Note: Transcribed A Helsdon