Artist: John Goss & the Cathedral Male Voice Quartet
Author: traditional
Label: His Master's Voice
Year: 1927
Sea shanty about the dangers of fire on board of a wooden ship and of venerial diseases in the midst of an ocean. No wonder a diseased prostitute was nicknamed Fire Ship.
Covers:
Nick Cave [on Rogue's Gallery - Pirate Ballads, Sea Songs and Chanteys]
If you noticed blunt omissions, mis-interpretations or even out-and-out errors,
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Arnold Rypens
Rozenlaan 65
B-2840 Reet (Rumst)