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The Naval songster, or Jack Tar's chest of conviviality : containing a collection of celebrated sea-songs calculated to inspire "the honest heart of a tar" with mirth and conviviality and to send "dull care" to Davy Jones's locker ; many of which are intended to commemorate the glorious naval victories of last year : a few sentimental toasts and toasted sentiments ; with an address from an old seaman (now a Greenwich pensioner) to all the Jack Tars in His Majesty's fleet describing all the naval victories, & c since the commencement of the present war.

Bibliographic Details
Format:	Serial
Language:	English
Published:	London : Printed for J. Fairburn, [179-?]
Subjects:	Sea songs > England > 18th century > Texts. Songs, English > 18th century > Texts. Great Britain > History, Naval > 18th century > Songs and music. Chansons de marins. Chansons anglaises. Sea songs. Songs, English. Woodcuts Song texts. Patriotic music. Songs Songsters. Toasts (Speeches) Engravings.

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