My Wife - A Song

DESCRIPTION: Sailor imagines singing to his wife about sailing "but my heart is not here love ... It hath wandered to thee love, its own native home" "... hope soon to meet thee"
AUTHOR: Charles B. Swain (source: Frank-JollySailorsBold)
EARLIEST DATE: 1859 (source: Frank-JollySailorsBold)
KEYWORDS: homesickness love separation sea ship wife sailor nonballad
FOUND IN: US(NE)
REFERENCES (1 citation):
Frank-JollySailorsBold 13, "My Wife - A Song" (1 text, 1 tune)
Roud #31326
File: FJSB013

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