Skipper o' Dundee, The

DESCRIPTION: "The skipper brocht his guid ship hame, And he anchored aff the toun," and sees a fire burning. The skipper's mother Janet Grey, described as a witch, is being burned. The skipper curses the town and vows never to return
AUTHOR: unknown (tune added by Jim Reid)
EARLIEST DATE: 1882 (Poems by Two, according to Gatherer-SongsAndBalladsOfDundee)
KEYWORDS: sailor home mother homicide magic rejection abandonment witch
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REFERENCES (1 citation):
Gatherer-SongsAndBalladsOfDundee 6, "The Skipper o' Dundee" (1 text, 1 modern tune)
Roud #31098
File: Gath006

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