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Broadside ballad entitled 'The Boy in Blue' |
TranscriptionTHE BOY IN BLUE. Cheer up, cheer up, my mother dear, O, why do you sit and weep ? Forsakes me on the deep ? That sees the bark set sail; O, why do you turn so pale ? So mother be proud of your boy in blue. O wodder not that, next to thee I love the galloping wave, And only carries the brave ; But we struggled heart and hand, Shames all your strife on land. And if the breakers kill our ship, And your boy goes down in the foam, Is a prayer for those at home. But come, cheer up! methinks I heard A voice in the anchor-chain But never weep for your boy in blue. God bless you, mother; adieu, adieu !
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Probable period of publication:
1880-1900 shelfmark: L.C.Fol.70(60b)
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