Sailor and Phoebe agree to marry upon his return from the sea. When he returns she is dead and he vows to spend the rest of his life lamenting.Mercer: Fowke, 1967, p. 120; Peacock, Songs . . ., 435-435; Creighton, Maritime, pp. 96-97
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