“A Ripping Trip”
Description
About the troubles of a sailing trip to San Francisco, each verse ending "Rip goes the --" (boiler, engine, your money, etc.). The trip features a defective engine, a savage captain, poor food, disease, and poverty
Cross references
- cf. "Pop Goes the Weasel" (tune) and references there
Recordings
- Logan English, "A Ripping Trip" (on LEnglish02)
References
- Fife-Cowboy/West 14, "A Ripping Trip" (1 text, 1 tune)
- DT, RIPTRIP*
- Roud #8059
- BI, FCW014