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Title
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Johnny, the ship's carpenter
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Singer
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Unknown
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Notes
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Alfred Williams - 'Obtained of Mrs Hancock of Broad Blunsdon. Heard also at South Cerney. The song is of great age. This is evidenced by the reference in the ninth stanza, to the old superstition long held by sailors, that if a murder had been committed by any of the crew bad luck would attend the voyage and the ship would be doomed. Under such circumstances it was common to attempt a discovery of the culprit and if he should be found, to throw his overboard.'
Transcribed and edited by Chris Wildridge, 2007.
