Jacky Tar With His Trousers On

DESCRIPTION: After Jack sets out for sea, his love mourns. Even after peace is proclaimed, he is slow to return. At last he returns "with his trousers on." She greets him with joy. He tells of his far voyages. He promises he will travel no more
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1855 (broadside, NLScotland L.C.Fol.70(130a))
KEYWORDS: sailor separation reunion
FOUND IN: Britain(England,Scotland)
REFERENCES (4 citations):
Logan-APedlarsPack, pp. 52-53, "Jacky Tar" (1 text)
Ord-BothySongsAndBallads, pp. 324-325, "Jacky Tar" (1 text)
Greig/Duncan1 59, "Jackie Tar" (4 texts)
Palmer-OxfordBookOfSeaSongs 65, "Jackie Tar" (1 text, 1 tune)
ST Ord324 (Partial)
Roud #5603
BROADSIDES:
Bodleian, Firth c.13(279), "Jack Tar with his Trowsers On" ("When Jack had pull'd the oar, and the boat was gone"), W. and T. Fordyce (Newcastle), c.1840; also Firth c.12(162), "Jackie Tar"
NLScotland, L.C.Fol.70(130a), "Jackie Tar," Poet's Box (Glasgow), 1855
CROSS-REFERENCES:
cf. "Come Ashore Jackie Tar" (some verses)
NOTES [64 words]: Ord-BothySongsAndBallads lists the tune for this piece as the "Jack Tar Hornpipe." The NLScotland broadside has the economically interesting tune "I'd Rather Have a Guinea than a One Pound Note." Logan-APedlarsPack calls the tune by the more familiar title of "The Sailor's Hornpipe." But, since none actually prints a tune, we can't tell if this is the usual "Sailor's Hornpipe." - RBW
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