Pretty Polly of Topsham

DESCRIPTION: "Come all ye fair gallants, fair gallants attend." Polly promises to marry a sea captain, but he then goes to sea. Soon a minister courts here, and she turns to him instead. When the captain returns, he declares her false and will court her no more
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1925 (Lane/Gosbee-SongsOfShipsAndSailors)
KEYWORDS: courting love rejection clergy betrayal
FOUND IN: US(NE)
REFERENCES (1 citation):
Lane/Gosbee-SongsOfShipsAndSailors, pp.60-61, "Pretty Polly of Topsham" (1 text, 1 tune)
Roud #19464
File: LaGo060

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