Britten Thematic Catalogue
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Shares a volume with one of the sources for Independence, which Britten later noted had been originally composed in Aug 1924. The 'Independence' source was copied out some time after its original composition date.
This song has the same melody and largely the same accompaniment as the earlier song, Big steamers (1922).