Walloping window blind.(Brief Article)

Sing Out! | March 22, 2006 | Copyright

"Walloping Window Blind" was originally a poem written in 1900 by children "s fantasy author Charles Carryl (1841-1920). Popular at the beginning of the century, the lyric underwent the mysterious "folk process," dropping many verses detailing the exploits of the ship "s crew and adding the first and second verses and chorus as printed here. Helen Hartness Flanders collected this variant from source singer ...

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