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Author: Cicely Fox Smith (1882-1954)

Texts set to music [warning - not necessarily comprehensive]

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A dog's life (Oh, a sailor's life's a dog's life, an' that's the truth, says Bill) - M. Head
A sea burthen (A ship swinging as the tide swings up and down ) - M. Head, J. Keel
A ship swinging as the tide swings up and down
M. Head, J. Keel: A sea burthen

Back to Hilo (There's a dark an' dirty wine-shop on a waterfront I know) - M. Head
I fell in love with a Limehouse lass
M. Head, H. Proctor-Gregg: Limehouse Reach

Lavender Pond (Never a swallow wets his wing ) - M. Head
Limehouse Reach (I fell in love with a Limehouse lass) - M. Head, H. Proctor-Gregg
Never a swallow wets his wing
M. Head: Lavender Pond

Oh, a sailor's life's a dog's life, an' that's the truth, says Bill
M. Head: A dog's life

Oh, Grimsby is a pleasant town as any man may find
E. Moeran: The North Sea ground

Sweethearts and Wives (The very first voyage as ever I made) - M. Head
The North Sea ground (Oh, Grimsby is a pleasant town as any man may find) - E. Moeran
The very first voyage as ever I made
M. Head: Sweethearts and Wives

There's a dark an' dirty wine-shop on a waterfront I know
M. Head: Back to Hilo