Indian Hunter (I), The

DESCRIPTION: "Oh come with me in my light canoe While the sea is calm and the sky is blue, Come with me for I long to go To the isle where mango apples grow. Then come with me and give my love...." The hunter describes how he will care for the girl
AUTHOR: unknown (see NOTES)
EARLIEST DATE: 1941 (Randolph)
KEYWORDS: love travel home hunting
FOUND IN: US(So)
REFERENCES (1 citation):
Randolph 781, "The Indian Hunter" (1 short text, 1 tune)
Roud #2843
CROSS-REFERENCES:
cf. "The Gum Tree Canoe" (theme)
NOTES [67 words]: Randolph's text sounds like a cross between "Gum Tree Canoe" and Christopher Marlowe. Ick.
Randolph lists this as having words by Eliza Cook and Henry Russell, but it appears he had never seen the Cook/Russell song and was matching them by title. I am (fairly) sure that the Cook/Russell song is in fact the one indexed as "The Indian Hunter (III)" and that this is a separate song of unknown origin. - RBW
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File: R781

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