He Is Only Gone Home With a Friend

DESCRIPTION: A returning sailor tells the wife of a shipmate that her husband "is only gone home with a friend. He told me to tell you he would see you again." At last he explains the "friend" is an angel.
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1890 (source: Frank-JollySailorsBold)
KEYWORDS: grief riddle return separation death friend wife sailor
FOUND IN: US(NE)
REFERENCES (1 citation):
Frank-JollySailorsBold 117, "He Is Only Gone Home With a Friend" (1 text)
Roud #23517
File: FJSB117

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