Artist: Ewan MacColl & A.L. Lloyd
Author: traditional
Label: Tradition
Year: 1957
On Blow Boys Blow. Roud #325. Sea shanty dating from the days when the new established colony (Captain Cook 'discovered' Australia in 1770) became the ideal destination for British criminals and potential agitators galore.
Covers:
Louis Killen [ex sailor himself]
Pogues [on If I Should Fall From Grace With God]
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Arnold Rypens
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