Evalina, the Female Sailor

DESCRIPTION: "Evaline sat on the verandah, Looking out on the sea so cold," and sees her sailor love. She says she will cut her hair and go to sea with him. She returns to her father and mother with ten thousand pounds in gold
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1995 (Newman/Devlin-NeverWithoutASong)
KEYWORDS: love sailor cross-dressing money
FOUND IN: US(MA)
REFERENCES (1 citation):
Newman/Devlin-NeverWithoutASong, pp. 137-138, "Evaline, the Female Sailor" (1 short text, 1 tune)
Roud #5241
NOTES [46 words]: As sung by Jennie Devlin, the girl returns home with money -- but seemingly not the lover she set out with. It's clear that something interesting happened, but Devlin's text is too short to know what it is, and there doesn't seem to be another known version of the song. - RBW
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File: NeDe137

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