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Artist: John Goss & the Cathedral Male Voice Quartet
Author: traditional
Label: His Master's Voice
Year: 1926
Roud #486. Alternative title: New York Girls. Sea shanty from the days whenthe Village around Bleeker Street was NYC's red light district where sailors on shore lost all their money.
Covers:
Burl Ives [as New York Girls]
Alan Mills [as Can You Dance The Polka?]
Glenn Yarbrough [as New York Girls]
Kingston Trio [as New York Girls]
Bob Roberts (UK) [Peter Kennedy recording]
Ian Campbell Folk Group [as New York Girls]
Steeleye Span [idem, with Peter Sellers on ukulele]
Irish Rovers [idem]
Oysterband [idem]
Cyril Tawney [idem]
Bellowhead [as New York Girls]
If you noticed blunt omissions, mis-interpretations or even out-and-out errors,
please let me know:
Arnold Rypens
Rozenlaan 65
B-2840 Reet (Rumst)