Rose of Britain's Isle, The [Laws N16]

DESCRIPTION: Jane falls in love with a servant, who is then sent to sea. She follows him in disguise and is wounded in battle. Her secret having been revealed, her lover marries her. They return home to find her father willing to forgive
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1883 (Smith/Hatt/Fowke-SeaSongsBalladFromNineteenthCenturyNovaScotia)
KEYWORDS: exile cross-dressing sea marriage father
FOUND IN: Canada(Mar,Newf) US(NE)
REFERENCES (10 citations):
Laws N16, "The Rose of Britain's Isle"
Gardham-EarliestVersions, "ROSE OF BRITAIN'S ISLE, THE"
Greenleaf/Mansfield-BalladsAndSeaSongsOfNewfoundland 29, "The Rose of Britain's Isle" (1 text, 1 tune)
Karpeles-FolkSongsFromNewfoundland 50, "The Rose of Britain's Isle" (1 text, 1 tune)
Smith/Hatt/Fowke-SeaSongsBalladFromNineteenthCenturyNovaScotia, pp. 61-63, "The Rose of Britain's Isle" (1 text)
Creighton-SongsAndBalladsFromNovaScotia 48, "Rose of Britain's Isle" (1 text, 1 tune)
Mackenzie-BalladsAndSeaSongsFromNovaScotia 37, "The Rose of Britain's Isle" (1 text)
Manny/Wilson-SongsOfMiramichi 90, "The Rose of Britain's Isle" (1 text, 1 tune)
Lane/Gosbee-SongsOfShipsAndSailors, p. 88, "The Rose of Breton's Isle" (1 text, 1 tune)
DT 447, ROSEBRIT
Roud #1796
File: LN16

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