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The Success of the Two English Travellers Newly Arrived at London

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The ballad is about two English sailors who want to travel the world for fun, but everywhere they go they are abused by the locals, who call them English rebels and accuse them of murdering their king,
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from the late 17th century about two sailors who suffer abuse over 20 years of travel and return home to England to serve
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The Success of the Two English Travellers, Newly Arrived in London
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