Pretty Caroline

DESCRIPTION: A sailor tells Caroline that her parents had "pressed me on board of a man-o-war from pretty Caroline." He has returned rich. She asks that he show the gold ring and lock of hair that would identify him. He does. They marry.
AUTHOR: G. Brown? (source: broadside, Bodleian Harding B 11(3147))
EARLIEST DATE: before 1867 (broadside, Bodleian Harding B 11(3146))
KEYWORDS: courting marriage ring return sailor brokentoken
FOUND IN: Britain(England(South)) Canada(Newf)
REFERENCES (4 citations):
Gardham-EarliestVersions, "PRETTY CAROLINE"
Williams-Wiltshire-WSRO Mi 677, "Pretty Caroline" (1 text)
Lehr/Best-ComeAndIWillSingYou 88, "Pretty Caroline" (1 text, 1 tune)
Karpeles-TheCrystalSpring 73, "Pretty Caroline" (1 text, 1 tune)
Roud #1448
BROADSIDES:
Bodleian, Harding B 11(3146), "Pretty Caroline," Harkness (Preston), 1840-1866; also Harding B 11(3147), Firth b.26(129), Firth c.13(265), Harding B 11(3148), Harding B 11(3149), Firth c.12(184), "Pretty Caroline"
NLScotland, L.C.Fol.178.A.2(050), "Pretty Caroline," unknown, n.d.
File: LeBe088

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