Fair Susan I Left

DESCRIPTION: "Fair Susan I left with my heart full of woe, And to sea went, my fortune to mend... And I thought not to see her no more." The ship is wrecked and most aboard drown, but he survives. He takes that as a sign he should go home, but Susan has died of grief
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: before 1825 (broadsides Bodleian 2806 c.17(118), 2806 c.17(119))
KEYWORDS: love separation ship wreck return death money
FOUND IN: Britain(England(South))
REFERENCES (2 citations):
Gardham-EarliestVersions, "FAIR SUSAN I LEFT"
Purslow-MarrowBones, p. 30, "Fair Susan I Left" (1 text, 1 tune)
Roud #1447
BROADSIDES:
Bodleian, 2806 c.17(118), "Fair Susan," W. Armstrong (Liverpool), 1820-1824; also 2806 c.17(119) (ibid.); also Firth c.12(143)=Harding B 16(85a), "Fair Susan I Left," T. Batchelar (London), 1817-1828; also Harding B 16(22d), "Billy and Susan's Parting," J. Jennings (London), 1790-1840; also Harding B 25(190), ibid. [N.B. 2806 c.19(1) and Firth c.12(140) are also supposed to be this but are illegible]; also Harding B 11(4122), "When Fair Susan I Left," J. Catnach (London), 1813-1838also Harding B 15(369a)=Johnson Ballads 1936=Johnson Ballads 1937, "When Fair Susan I Left," J. Wheeler (Manchester), 1827-1847
File: PuMB030

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