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From: "chrisjwell" <>
Subject: Re: Skipping Verse
Date: Sun, 1 Apr 2001 22:30:58 +0100


The version I sang had "the 1st/last day of September"
Then the next verse was "the captain said it would never, never do"
and the last verse was "the big ship sailed to the bottom of the sea"

I thought it has something to do with sailing superstitions and the date was
an unlucky one to set sail.
Chris
-----Original Message-----
From: Irene Cardwell <>
To: <>
Date: 01 April 2001 16:39
Subject: Skipping Verse


>We used to end the verse
>"The big ship sailed through the ally ally o
>On the 4th day of September, or was it December?
> Irene
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