William of the Waggon Train

DESCRIPTION: "One lovely morning as I was walking," the singer hears a girl an a Sergeant in the waggon train talking. He says he must leave her; he hopes for promotion. She offers to go with him. He agrees and hopes heaven will protect her
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1906 (Hammond collection); before 1839 (Catnach broadsides)
KEYWORDS: love courting travel soldier
FOUND IN: Britain(England(South))
REFERENCES (2 citations):
Gardham-EarliestVersions, "WILLIAM OF THE WAGGON TRAIN"
Brocklebank/Kindersley-DorsetBookOfFolkSongs, p. 5, "William of the Waggon Train" (1 text, 1 tune)
Roud #1354
BROADSIDES:
Bodleian, Harding B 11(3325)=Johnson Ballads 264=Harding B 11(3328), "Young William of the royal waggon train," J. Catnach (7 Dials), 1813-1838; also Harding B 17(351a) (appears to be a cut-up version of the preceding); also Johnson Ballads 299, Catnach; also Harding B 11(4396), "Young William of the royal waggon train," J. Pitts (London), 1819-1844; also Johnson Ballads fol. 119 (Pitts); also Firth c.14(172)=Harding B 15(383a)=Harding B 16(309c), "William of the waggon train," Birt (London), 1833-1851; also Firth b.25(95), "Young William of the royal wagon train," J. Cadman (Manchester), 1850-1855; also Firth b.25(252)=Harding B 11(4397), "Young William of the royal waggon train, J. Forth (Pocklingston), n.d.; also Firth c.13(306), Forth; also Firth c.14(173), Forth; alsoHarding B 15(397b), "Young William of the waggon train," H. Such (London), 1863-1885; also Harding B 11(3603), Such; also Harding B 15(381a), "William of the royal waggon train," W. S. Fortey (7 Dials), 1858-1885; also Harding B 15(381b) (Fortey); also Johnson Ballads 3167, Harding B 15(382a), "William of the waggon train," E. M. A. Hodges (7 Dials), 1846-1854; also Harding B 15(382b)=Johnson Ballads 3105, "William of the waggon train," H. Disley (London), 1860-1883; also Firth c.17(72), "Young William of the royal waggon train," Stone, Burridge, Keys, (Exeter, Truro, Devonport), n.d.; also Harding B 17(351b), "Young William of the royal waggon train," J. Hill (London), n.d.
File: Dors005

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