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Series I : Original Collection Materials, 1928 - 1972
Box 1 : Songs, Ballads, Mummers Plays and Shanties
Packet 4 : Songs and Shanties
Folder 36 : Songs and Chanties - A

Page 03248 : Blow the Man Down [song text] James Henderson (contributor), 18 Kings Road, Dundee

Item Summary

Format

song text

Title

Blow the Man Down

Contributor	James Henderson
Index Name	Henderson, James

Place

18 Kings Road, Dundee

Reference Code

AFC 1972/001, MS p. 03248

Scope and Content Notes

Genre

song - shanty

First line

There was an old man lived in Quebeck [sic] town

1 stanza

Contextual Notes

'First shipped 1872. Left sail 1913, whaler Active. Heard when first went to sea 1872.

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