Little Seaside Village, The

DESCRIPTION: "To a little seaside village came a youth one summer day." He wooed a girl, but then left a letter, "Goodbye, I'm going home." A year later he decides he loves her; her father shows him her grave; her message to him was "Goodbye, I'm going home."
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1903 (Byron G. Harlan recording)
KEYWORDS: death betrayal love courting separation abandonment
FOUND IN: US(So) Canada(Newf)
REFERENCES (2 citations):
Randolph 801, "The Little Seaside Village" (1 text, 1 tune)
Randolph/Cohen-OzarkFolksongs-Abridged, pp. 520-522, "The Little Seaside Village" (1 text, 1 tune -- Randolph's 801)
Roud #7422
RECORDINGS:
Byron G. Harlan, "In A Village By The Sea" (Victor 2567, 1903)
Roy Harvey (with Odell Smith), "Just Good-Bye I Am Going Home" (Columbia 15609-D, 1930); (with Jess Johnston), "Little Seaside Village" (Champion 16213, 1930)
Jack Mooney, "The Cottage By The Sea" (on ITMA/CapeShoreNL)
NOTES [57 words]: The cut I heard of the Harlan recording only includes the first three verses. That is, it ends when the girl receives the letter and is alone at night; the year-later ending was not in that cut and, I assume, was not on the record.
The two Roy Harvey recordings are identical with regard to the text (which includes the year-later ending). - BS
Last updated in version 4.5
File: R801

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