Katey of Lochgoil

DESCRIPTION: "'Twas on the year Eleventy-nine, And March the fortieth day, That Katey of Lochgoil, my boys, To sea she'll bore away." The singer vows he will not sail again after strange voyage with "Tonald More an' Tugald More, Shon Tamson an' Shon Roy."
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1857 (The Universal Comic Songbook)
KEYWORDS: sailor ship talltale humorous
FOUND IN: Britain(Scotland)
REFERENCES (1 citation):
Ford-VagabondSongsAndBalladsOfScotland, pp. 241-243, "Katey of Lochgoil" (1 text)
Roud #13088
CROSS-REFERENCES:
cf. "The Irish Rover" (theme)
NOTES [48 words]: Sort of a Scottish version of "The Irish Rover." There are no lyrics in common, but the feeling is identical.
Steve Roud seems to lump this with a Charles Lever song, "The Man for Galway," but I don't see it.
Thanks to Jim Dixon for pointing out the Universal Comic Songbook version. - RBW
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File: FVS241

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