Wave Over Wave

DESCRIPTION: The singer is a sailor who loves the sea. His wife doesn't understand why he leaves home ten months a year, with children to raise, while he "must sail the salt sea"
AUTHOR: Jim Payne
EARLIEST DATE: 1983 (Lehr/Best-ComeAndIWillSingYou)
KEYWORDS: sea children wife sailor
FOUND IN: Canada(Newf)
REFERENCES (1 citation):
Lehr/Best-ComeAndIWillSingYou 118, "Wave Over Wave" (1 text, 1 tune)
Roud #27926
NOTES [36 words]: The song identifies the singer as a "shareman," meaning that he had a share in every voyage he made. He had to sail or he wouldn't earn anything. And there weren't many other ways to make money in Newfoundland.... - RBW
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File: LeBe118

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