Carpenter and the Maid, The

DESCRIPTION: A ship's carpenter courts Angelina Brown. She dreams he is lost at sea, or that he forgets her, and they reunite when he meets their imagined son. The carpenter wakes her and "she ceased to be a maid"
AUTHOR: Robert Short (?) (source: Frank-JollySailorsBold)
EARLIEST DATE: 1832 (source: Frank-JollySailorsBold)
KEYWORDS: courting love sex virginity dream lover sailor
FOUND IN: US(NE)
REFERENCES (1 citation):
Frank-JollySailorsBold 15, "The Carpenter and the Maid" (1 text)
Roud #31327
File: FJSB015

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