...through the alley-alley-oh on the last day of September.
Does anyone know if this song is based on a real event?

The only interesting thing about this song is its the last day in september that the ship went through the poxy alley.

and the Captain wasnt so keen.

thats the sum of it.

Oh yea. It sank.

The Big Ship


The big ship sails on the ally-ally-oh
The ally-ally-oh
The ally-ally-oh
Oh, the big ship sails on the ally-ally-oh
On the last day of September
Ally-ally-oh, ally-oh
On the last day of September
The captain said it will never, never do
Never, never do, never, never do
The captain said it will never, never do
On the last day of September
Ally-ally-oh, ally-oh
On the last day of September
We all dip our heads in the deep blue sea
The deep blue sea, the deep blue sea
Oh, we all dip our heads in the deep blue sea
On the last day of September
Ally-ally-oh, ally-oh
On the last day of September
The big ship sank to the bottom of the sea
The bottom of the sea, the bottom of the sea
Oh, the big ship sank to the bottom of the sea
On the last day of September
Ally-ally-oh, ally-oh
On the last day of September
Oh, the big ship sails on the ally, ally-oh
The ally-ally-oh
The ally-ally-oh
Oh, the big ship sails on the ally-ally-oh
On the last day of September
Ally-ally-oh, ally-oh
On the last day of September

Originally posted by celticcountry
The Big Ship


The big ship sails on the ally-ally-oh
The ally-ally-oh
The ally-ally-oh
Oh, the big ship sails on the ally-ally-oh
On the last day of September
Ally-ally-oh, ally-oh
On the last day of September
The captain said it will never, never do
Never, never do, never, never do
The captain said it will never, never do
On the last day ...[text shortened]... ally-ally-oh
On the last day of September
Ally-ally-oh, ally-oh
On the last day of September

Originally posted by sonhouse
Is this a real song? What source and what is the original source material? Never heard of it. There is a song we used to sing in our band Southwind, called Bully in the alley but I that was just a sea shanty:
http://www.arrr.net/shanties/bully_in_the_alley.shtml

Originally posted by iamatiger
http://www.manchester.gov.uk/Libraries/lsuimage/streetview/burgess.htm
maybe?