Sailor turns down the offer of marriage from Little Mohee, an Indian girl, because he wishes to remain faithful to his loved ones at home. On reaching home, he finds she has been unfaithful and determines to return to Little Mohee.Laws, NAB, (H8); Mercer: Leach, 1965:258, 259, (Little Mohee); Family Herald, 26/1/38; 22/10/41; 7/6/44; 5/11/47; 25/5/50, (The Little Mohee)
voiceCollected by Mrs. Donia Cooper For Mary Celestia Parler Transcribed by Mrs. Donia Cooper Sung b...
Sailor meets a girl at a dance and takes her home afterwards. A few days later he returns and asks h...
Sailor promises to marry maiden when he returns. She meanwhile proves false and marries another man....
Man meets Indian woman in foreign land. She asks him to come with her. He refuses, explaining that h...
Man, on leave from his ship, meets an Indian woman who invites him to her cottage and asks him to st...
Sailor sleeps with island girl and leaves but still thinks of her.Laws, NAB, (H8); Mercer: Leach, 19...
Man refuses the love of an Indian girl and remains true to love at home.Laws, NAB, (H8); Mercer: Lea...
Man meets Indian girl in foreign land. He returns home remembering her.Laws, NAB, (H8); Mercer: Leac...
Sailor meets young lady at a dance and falls in love; three days later he asks her father for her ha...
Sailor writes letter to his girl while he is at sea. Her father intercepts them so that the girl nev...
Girl expresses her love for a sailor who has been at sea for seven years and refuses the offer of a ...
voice; guitarsCollected by Marvin Wallace For Mary C. Parler Transcribed by Frances Majors Sung by B...
Song about false love. Sailor leaves his girlfriend while he's at sea, promising to marry her on his...
Man leaves his parents and sweetheart behind to go to sea. He meets a woman who offers him money if ...
A stranger asks a girl to marry him. She refuses, saying she will be faithful to her sweetheart for ...
voiceCollected by Mrs. Donia Cooper For Mary Celestia Parler Transcribed by Mrs. Donia Cooper Sung b...
Sailor meets a girl at a dance and takes her home afterwards. A few days later he returns and asks h...
Sailor promises to marry maiden when he returns. She meanwhile proves false and marries another man....
Man meets Indian woman in foreign land. She asks him to come with her. He refuses, explaining that h...
Man, on leave from his ship, meets an Indian woman who invites him to her cottage and asks him to st...
Sailor sleeps with island girl and leaves but still thinks of her.Laws, NAB, (H8); Mercer: Leach, 19...
Man refuses the love of an Indian girl and remains true to love at home.Laws, NAB, (H8); Mercer: Lea...
Man meets Indian girl in foreign land. He returns home remembering her.Laws, NAB, (H8); Mercer: Leac...
Sailor meets young lady at a dance and falls in love; three days later he asks her father for her ha...
Sailor writes letter to his girl while he is at sea. Her father intercepts them so that the girl nev...
Girl expresses her love for a sailor who has been at sea for seven years and refuses the offer of a ...
voice; guitarsCollected by Marvin Wallace For Mary C. Parler Transcribed by Frances Majors Sung by B...
Song about false love. Sailor leaves his girlfriend while he's at sea, promising to marry her on his...
Man leaves his parents and sweetheart behind to go to sea. He meets a woman who offers him money if ...
A stranger asks a girl to marry him. She refuses, saying she will be faithful to her sweetheart for ...
voiceCollected by Mrs. Donia Cooper For Mary Celestia Parler Transcribed by Mrs. Donia Cooper Sung b...
Sailor meets a girl at a dance and takes her home afterwards. A few days later he returns and asks h...
Sailor promises to marry maiden when he returns. She meanwhile proves false and marries another man....