Sailor Laddie (III), The

DESCRIPTION: "He skips upon the plainsteens, He sails upon the sea, He's a bonny sailor laddie, The lad that I gang wi'." "His jersey's o' the bonnie blue." "I saw ma laddie gang awa... Awa to catch a whale." "He bade me aye keep up ma heart."
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1986 (Gatherer-SongsAndBalladsOfDundee)
KEYWORDS: sailor whale separation
FOUND IN: Britain(Scotland)
REFERENCES (1 citation):
Gatherer-SongsAndBalladsOfDundee 17, "The Sailor Laddie II" (1 text)
File: Gath017

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