Slowly I rambled by the banks of a river

Woman goes to the banks of a river and calls out for her dead loved one, Jimmy Whelan. He comes back and they have a parting kiss. She dies on the banks of the river.See also Fowke 1965:124 for song on death of J. Whalen. 64-16, C126, Codroy Valley; 69-36, C588, St. Shotts, Southern Shore Region; 72-66, C1393, Ferryland, Southern Shore Region; 78-236, C3548A, Freshwater, Placentia Bay, C3549A, Ferndale, Placentia Bay; 79-1, C3839 - 030 Side B, Freshwater, Placentia Bay; 79-1 C3775 - 222 Side A, MUN, St. John's; St. John's 79-002, C3696; Lehr 1985:107-108; Fowke 1979:46; Mercer 1979:139; Manny and Wilson 1968:263; Peacock 1965:385, 387-389; Laws NAB C8 "Lost Jimmie Whalen" 1964:150-151; Creighton "Martime Folk Songs" 1979:114; Taft 1975:13, 71; Rickaby "Ballad and Songs of the Shanty Boy 1926:194. Recordings: MUNFLA R234da "Songs and Ballads of Newfoundland. Sung by Ken Peacock. Folkways Records, NY FG-3505 1956:Side 2, Band 6 "Jimmy Whalen" collected by Peacock from John Mahoney, Stock Cove, 1951. MUNFLA R299da "Songs from the Out-ports of Newfoundland". Recorded and ed. By MacEdward Leach. Ethnic Folkways Library FE-4075 1966:Side 2, Band 3 "The Lost Jimmie Whalen" sung by Mary Dumphy, Tors Cove, 1951. MUNFLA R249da "Wolf River Songs". Rec. by S.R. Cowell. Ethnic Folkways Library FE-4001 1956:Side 1, Band 2 "The Lost Jimmie Whalen" sung by Robert Walker, Crandon, Wisconsin, 1952