Add to ORKGWoman leaves her husband and children to go to sea with an old love who returns to her after several years absence. The ship sinks at sea and the couple goes to Hell.Child 243; Abrahams & Foss, pp. 26-7
Sailor and Phoebe agree to marry upon his return from the sea. When he returns she is dead and he vo...
The narrator fell in love with Sally Munro. He sent her a love letter via a friend, but the friend d...
The narrator roamed out one night when he saw a fair woman weeping for her lover lost over the sea. ...
Sailor returns to find his true love married to a house carpenter. By promises of money and luxury h...
The narrator sees a young woman weeping: her lover, John O'Reilly, is at sea. Her father wanted to k...
voiceCollected by Mary Celestia Parler; Transcribed by Neil Byer Mrs. Evelyn Skaggs Wayton, Ark. Oct...
Song about false love. Sailor leaves his girlfriend while he's at sea, promising to marry her on his...
A sailor asks a woman to marry him - she cannot. For seven years she was courted by a sailor, for se...
Woman refuses to marry man because of his drinking and gambling habits. When he realizes that he can...
A woman waited seven years for her lover. The narrator suggests he may be sick, married, or even dea...
Their families bid farewell to a ship, little knowing it will never return. The commander promises h...
Sailor meets a young woman and asks why she is weeping. She explains that she misses her dark-eyed s...
Man leaves his parents and sweetheart behind to go to sea. He meets a woman who offers him money if ...
Sailor bids farewell to his true love. She prays for his safe return but he dies on the voyage. A le...
Girl dresses in sailor's clothes and goes to sea to find her lover. She finds him wounded and nurses...
Sailor and Phoebe agree to marry upon his return from the sea. When he returns she is dead and he vo...
The narrator fell in love with Sally Munro. He sent her a love letter via a friend, but the friend d...
The narrator roamed out one night when he saw a fair woman weeping for her lover lost over the sea. ...
Sailor returns to find his true love married to a house carpenter. By promises of money and luxury h...
The narrator sees a young woman weeping: her lover, John O'Reilly, is at sea. Her father wanted to k...
voiceCollected by Mary Celestia Parler; Transcribed by Neil Byer Mrs. Evelyn Skaggs Wayton, Ark. Oct...
Song about false love. Sailor leaves his girlfriend while he's at sea, promising to marry her on his...
A sailor asks a woman to marry him - she cannot. For seven years she was courted by a sailor, for se...
Woman refuses to marry man because of his drinking and gambling habits. When he realizes that he can...
A woman waited seven years for her lover. The narrator suggests he may be sick, married, or even dea...
Their families bid farewell to a ship, little knowing it will never return. The commander promises h...
Sailor meets a young woman and asks why she is weeping. She explains that she misses her dark-eyed s...
Man leaves his parents and sweetheart behind to go to sea. He meets a woman who offers him money if ...
Sailor bids farewell to his true love. She prays for his safe return but he dies on the voyage. A le...
Girl dresses in sailor's clothes and goes to sea to find her lover. She finds him wounded and nurses...
Sailor and Phoebe agree to marry upon his return from the sea. When he returns she is dead and he vo...
The narrator fell in love with Sally Munro. He sent her a love letter via a friend, but the friend d...
The narrator roamed out one night when he saw a fair woman weeping for her lover lost over the sea. ...