Add to ORKGMan leaves his parents and his sweetheart to travel. During his travels he meets a woman who persuades him to marry her for money. In the song he grieves for his family and the girl he left behind.Laws, ABBB, P1A, p. 248; Mercer: Leach, p. 322, p. 330; Peacock, p. 449; Peacock (1954), p. 128
Song about false love. Sailor leaves his girlfriend while he's at sea, promising to marry her on his...
voiceCollected by Mary C. Parler Transcribed by Frances Majors Sung by Mr. Sam Stewert Muskogee, Okl...
Girl is forced to leave house by her cruel aunt when she falls in love with a sailor. She goes to h...
Man leaves his parents and sweetheart behind to go to sea. He meets a woman who offers him money if ...
The "I" person in the song referred to as Pat (not John) leaves for America and promises his sweethe...
Sailor returns to find his true love married to a house carpenter. By promises of money and luxury h...
[?] Asks girl to be true to him before he leaves. He goes travelling but remains true to her despite...
The singer left home and met and courted a beautiful, wealthy youn woman. She promised to wait for h...
The narrator sees a young woman weeping: her lover, John O'Reilly, is at sea. Her father wanted to k...
Song about a man who leaves his loved one.Greenleaf 1968: 153; Leach 1965: 128; Laws P7
A humourous song: a man has so many names, listed in the chorus, that when he joins the society in t...
voice; guitarsCollected by Merlin Mitchell Transcribed by Mary C. Parler Tom Boyd Patrick, Ark Novem...
A young man leaves America, going to Ireland. There he finds a girl he'd like to marry and asks for ...
Sentimental song of an orphaned and unwed woman who dies in childbirth. Her lover returns, too late,...
Boy goes log driving at age sixteen. He falls in love with a girl on a visit home. He imagines build...
Song about false love. Sailor leaves his girlfriend while he's at sea, promising to marry her on his...
voiceCollected by Mary C. Parler Transcribed by Frances Majors Sung by Mr. Sam Stewert Muskogee, Okl...
Girl is forced to leave house by her cruel aunt when she falls in love with a sailor. She goes to h...
Man leaves his parents and sweetheart behind to go to sea. He meets a woman who offers him money if ...
The "I" person in the song referred to as Pat (not John) leaves for America and promises his sweethe...
Sailor returns to find his true love married to a house carpenter. By promises of money and luxury h...
[?] Asks girl to be true to him before he leaves. He goes travelling but remains true to her despite...
The singer left home and met and courted a beautiful, wealthy youn woman. She promised to wait for h...
The narrator sees a young woman weeping: her lover, John O'Reilly, is at sea. Her father wanted to k...
Song about a man who leaves his loved one.Greenleaf 1968: 153; Leach 1965: 128; Laws P7
A humourous song: a man has so many names, listed in the chorus, that when he joins the society in t...
voice; guitarsCollected by Merlin Mitchell Transcribed by Mary C. Parler Tom Boyd Patrick, Ark Novem...
A young man leaves America, going to Ireland. There he finds a girl he'd like to marry and asks for ...
Sentimental song of an orphaned and unwed woman who dies in childbirth. Her lover returns, too late,...
Boy goes log driving at age sixteen. He falls in love with a girl on a visit home. He imagines build...
Song about false love. Sailor leaves his girlfriend while he's at sea, promising to marry her on his...
voiceCollected by Mary C. Parler Transcribed by Frances Majors Sung by Mr. Sam Stewert Muskogee, Okl...
Girl is forced to leave house by her cruel aunt when she falls in love with a sailor. She goes to h...