Father Made Me a Little Boat- Thomas Jones (Hamp) 1907 Gardiner
[Single stanza from George Gardiner Manuscript Collection (GG/1/13/828).
R. Matteson 2017]
Father Made Me a Little Boat- Sung by Thomas Jones of Portsmouth Workhouse Hampshire on 12 August, 1907. Collectors: George Gardiner and Charles Gambling
My father, made me a little boat
That on the ocean I might float,
And every King's ship that I pass by
I might enquire for my sailor boy.