Persecuted, The

DESCRIPTION: A seaman complains that the officers "care not what we seamen go through." Stuck on board, it "keeps me from my heart's delight."
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1854 (Rathvon-EnglishFolksongTradition)
KEYWORDS: hardheartedness love separation ship shore lament nonballad lover sailor | officer
FOUND IN: US(MA)
REFERENCES (1 citation):
Rathvon-EnglishFolksongTradition, p. 7, "The Persecuted" (1 text)
CROSS-REFERENCES:
cf. "Botany Bay (I)" (theme of not caring about what men suffer and separation from sweetheart)
File: Rath007

Go to the Ballad Search form
Go to the Ballad Index Song List

Go to the Ballad Index Instructions
Go to the Ballad Index Bibliography or Discography