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Formatsong text
TitleBlow the Man Down
Date1928
ContributorDennis O' Connor
Index NameO'Connors, Dennis
PlaceSailor's Snug Harbour, Staten Island, NY
Reference Code AFC 1972/001, MS p. 04908

Scope and Content Notes

Genre song - Child ballad - shanty
Alternative titleThe Farmer's Curst Wife
First lineAs I was walking one morning in spring

'Hauling Chantey, two pulls; setting Topsails'.
9 stanzas
Type NumberChild 278, The Farmer's Curst Wife

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