Bold Manan the Pirate [Laws D15]

DESCRIPTION: The pirate Bold (Manning/Manan) captures a merchant ship. To prevent the sailors from fighting over a young woman found on board, Manning kills her. But (the next day) Manning encounters a warship and the pirate ship is sunk
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1914 (Greig/Duncan1) (but see NOTES)
KEYWORDS: pirate homicide sea
FOUND IN: US(MW,NE) Canada(Mar,Newf) Ireland Britain(Scotland(Aber))
REFERENCES (9 citations):
Laws D15, "Bold Manan the Pirate"
Peacock, pp. 848-851, "William Craig and Bold Manone" (1 texts, 2 tunes)
Ranson-SongsOfTheWexfordCoast, pp. 59-61, "Manning, The Pirate" (1 text)
Greig/Duncan1 45, "Young Mannon" (1 text, 1 tune)
Doerflinger-SongsOfTheSailorAndLumberman, pp. 139-141, "Bold Manning" (1 text, 1 tune)
Eckstorm/Smyth-MinstrelsyOfMaine, pp. 259-265, "Bold Manan the Pirate" (2 texts plus a fragment)
Lane/Gosbee-SongsOfShipsAndSailors, pp. 230-231, "Bold Manning" (1 text, 1 tune)
Frank-NewBookOfPirateSongs 25, "Bold Manaan the Pirate" (1 text, 2 tunes; composite; #25 in the first edition)
DT 752, BLDMANAN
Roud #673
RECORDINGS:
George Decker, "William Craig and Bold Manone" (on PeacockCDROM) [one verse only]
Mrs. Ghaney, "The Pirate Song" (on MUNFLA/Leach)
ALTERNATE TITLES:
The Merchantman and the Pirate
NOTES [54 words]: "On Shanties," article in E(neas) S(weetland) Dallas, editor, Once a Week, New Series, Number 31, August 1, 1868 (published by Bradbury and Evans and available on Google Books), p. 93, refers to an "old sea ballad" "Manning (a buccaneering ditty)," which I suspect is this, in which case it goes back to at least 1868. - RBW
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File: LD15

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