Nelson & His World

Discussion on the life and times of Admiral Lord Nelson
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 Post subject: Cutter?
PostPosted: Sun Jun 15, 2008 7:31 pm 
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While I was looking for information about 'Heart of Oak' I came across a rather sad little song, 'O the weary cutters', which clearly refers to the press gang, 'cutter' being an eighteenth century word for a bully, (and 'weary' meaning 'tiresome' rather than 'tired')

'O the weary cutters, they've taen my laddie fre me,
They've pressed him far away foreign
Wi' Nelson ayout [sic] the salt sea....'

and an interesting last verse:

'I'll give the cutter a guinea, I'll give the cutter a guinea
To steal my laddie ashore...'

I wonder if bribery was a common ploy to rescue a pressed man?


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