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Series I : Original Collection Materials, 1928 - 1972
Box 1 : Songs, Ballads, Mummers Plays and Shanties
Packet 1 : Scottish and English Songs
Folder 13 : Scottish and English Songs - A

Page 00130 : Whiskey Johnnie [song text] James Wright (contributor), 37 Sandport St, Leith

Item Summary

Format

song text

Title

Whiskey Johnnie

Contributor	James Wright
Index Name	Wright, James

Place

37 Sandport St, Leith

Reference Code

AFC 1972/001, MS p. 00130

Scope and Content Notes

Genre

song - shanty

First line

Oh whiskey is the life of man

3 stanzas

Contextual Notes

Went to sea 1864.

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