Sports & entertainments
I wish that I could swim like J B Johnson
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| English ballads > Sports & entertainments > I wish that I could swim like J B Johnson |
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| Description | The first recorded attempt to swim the channel unaided was in 1872, by J. B. Johnson. However it was abandoned after 1 hour 3 mins. I wish that I could swim like J. B. Johnson - first line reads: Oh! would I were a little fish. I wish that I could swim like J. B. Johnson: Written by Tom Haines; sung with immence success by Alf Walker. |
| Shelfmark | Crawford.EB.2785 |
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| Description | Collection of 2,300 broadside ballads, mostly printed in England in the 19th century. Topics range from courtship, crime, disasters and emigration to fashion, theatre, politics, laments sports and old age. Includes ballads on Scotland and Ireland. Part of the Crawford Collections on deposit from the Balcarres Heritage Trust. |
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