Ocean Bee, The

DESCRIPTION: "As I roved out one morning, contented in my mind," the singer sees a beautiful girl. He asks her to marry. She is engaged to the captain of the Ocean Bee. He becomes a pirate and plans to sink the Bee, but the pirates are defeated and condemned to die
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1957 (MidwestFolklore)
KEYWORDS: pirate love courting rejection execution death
FOUND IN: Canada(Ont)
REFERENCES (1 citation):
MidwestFolklore, Edith Fowke, "British Ballads in Ontario," Volume 13, Number 3 (Fall 1963/1964) pp. 154-155, "The Ocean Bee" (1 text)
Roud #3837
File: MWFD155

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