North Country Collier, The

DESCRIPTION: "At the head of Wear Water about twelve at noon, I heard a maid a-talking...." She describes her handsome young collier who "sails the salt sea." She will build him a "castle." She may be a sheep-girl, but she can enjoy her husband just as a queen does
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1906 (Masefield, Sailor's Garland)
KEYWORDS: love sailor home
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REFERENCES (1 citation):
Palmer-OxfordBookOfSeaSongs 87, "The North Country Collier" (1 text)
Roud #683
File: PaSe087

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