Anchor's Weighed, The

DESCRIPTION: "The tear fell gently from her eye, When last we parted from the shore; My bosom heaved with many a sigh, To think I ne'er should see her more." She asks if he must leave. He says he will stay true. She says to think of her
AUTHOR: John Braham (1774-1856) (source: National Library of Australia catalog)
EARLIEST DATE: 1862 (FriskyIrishSongster)
KEYWORDS: love separation
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REFERENCES (1 citation):
FriskyIrishSongster, p. 27, "The Anchor's Weighed" (1 text)
Roud #23596
BROADSIDES:
NLScotland, L.C.Fol.70(99a), "The Anchor's Weighed," Poet's Box (Dundee), n.d.; also Crawford.EB.3181, "The Anchor's Weighed," unknown, n.d.
File: FrIr027

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