Add to ORKGSailor promised to return to his true love, Phoebe, after he serves his time at sea. She dies while he is gone and he mourns her death.Mercer: Peacock, pp. 434-5; Fowke (1967), p. 120; Creighton, Maritime, p. 96
A merchant vessel is threatened by pirates. The captain entices the hero to scuttle (sp?) the pirate...
Sailor returns to his lover after being away for seven years. He tests her loyalty to her and when h...
The narrator sees a young woman weeping: her lover, John O'Reilly, is at sea. Her father wanted to k...
Sailor and Phoebe agree to marry upon his return from the sea. When he returns she is dead and he vo...
Sailor returns to find his true love married to a house carpenter. By promises of money and luxury h...
Sailor bids farewell to his true love. She prays for his safe return but he dies on the voyage. A le...
Sailor dies at sea. Shipmates bring a letter to his true love in which he says he hopes they will me...
Girl meets a sailor while roaming one evening. He asks cause of her sorrow; it is for her dark-eyed ...
Sailor dies at sea. His comrades take his girl a farewell note in which he has said they will meet i...
Ballad of lover's tragedy. Josephine loves a sailor (beneath her social station, through a childhood...
A woman meets her lover while morning his deathhttps://egrove.olemiss.edu/kgbsides_uk/1631/thumbnail...
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Song about false love. Sailor leaves his girlfriend while he's at sea, promising to marry her on his...
Prentice boy falls in love with a girl. She accepts his presents but he is told she has a sweetheart...
A woman waited seven years for her lover. The narrator suggests he may be sick, married, or even dea...
A merchant vessel is threatened by pirates. The captain entices the hero to scuttle (sp?) the pirate...
Sailor returns to his lover after being away for seven years. He tests her loyalty to her and when h...
The narrator sees a young woman weeping: her lover, John O'Reilly, is at sea. Her father wanted to k...
Sailor and Phoebe agree to marry upon his return from the sea. When he returns she is dead and he vo...
Sailor returns to find his true love married to a house carpenter. By promises of money and luxury h...
Sailor bids farewell to his true love. She prays for his safe return but he dies on the voyage. A le...
Sailor dies at sea. Shipmates bring a letter to his true love in which he says he hopes they will me...
Girl meets a sailor while roaming one evening. He asks cause of her sorrow; it is for her dark-eyed ...
Sailor dies at sea. His comrades take his girl a farewell note in which he has said they will meet i...
Ballad of lover's tragedy. Josephine loves a sailor (beneath her social station, through a childhood...
A woman meets her lover while morning his deathhttps://egrove.olemiss.edu/kgbsides_uk/1631/thumbnail...
Sailor meets a young woman and asks why she is weeping. She explains that she misses her dark-eyed s...
Song about false love. Sailor leaves his girlfriend while he's at sea, promising to marry her on his...
Prentice boy falls in love with a girl. She accepts his presents but he is told she has a sweetheart...
A woman waited seven years for her lover. The narrator suggests he may be sick, married, or even dea...
A merchant vessel is threatened by pirates. The captain entices the hero to scuttle (sp?) the pirate...
Sailor returns to his lover after being away for seven years. He tests her loyalty to her and when h...
The narrator sees a young woman weeping: her lover, John O'Reilly, is at sea. Her father wanted to k...