“A Ship to Old England Came”

Description

With 50 guns and 500 men an English warship meets five French men-of-war. Aloft, the cabin boy sees three English ships -- Oak, Sloe, and Unity -- that join the battle and "quickly made those French dogs flee"

Recordings

  • Walter Pardon, "A Ship to Old England Came" (on Voice02)

References

  1. Roud #1424
  2. BI, RcasTOEC

About

Author: unknown
Earliest date: 1974 (recording, Walter Pardon)
Found in: Britain(England(Lond))