A ballad by the name "Spanish Ladies" was registered in the English Stationer's Company on December 14, 1624. The oldest mention of the present song does not appear until the 1796 logbook of HMS Nellie] however, making it more likely a Napoleonic era invention. The timing of the mention in the Nellie's logbook suggests that the song was created during the First Coalition (1793–96), when the British navy carried supplies to Spain to aid its resistance to revolutionary France. It probably gained in popularity during the later Peninsular War when British soldiers were transported throughout the Iberian peninsula to assist rebels fighting against their French occupation. After their defeat of the Grande Armée, these soldiers were returned to Britain but forbidden to bring their Spanish wives, lovers, and children with them.
lyrics
CHORUS 'farewell and adieu to you Spanish ladies, farewell and adieu you ladies of Spain, for we've received orders to sail for old England, but we hope in a short while to see you again'
credits
from Ponies In Lightning,
released March 28, 2016
1700's era, Public Domain
Dave Klemp - Baritone ukelele Olivia Barnes- Bass
David Barnes - Accordian
Thanks to Mat Johnson pictured here for mastering all the tracks after we recorded and mixed everything
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