Sailor's Journal

DESCRIPTION: "'Twas post meridian, half past four, By signal I from Nancy parted"; she waits by the shore until he sails away. As the sailors sing with joy, the singer thinks of her. When he is thrown into the sea, he live because of her. Finally her returns to her
AUTHOR: Charles Dibdin (1745-1815) (source: T. Dibdin, _Songs of the Late Charles Dibdin_)
EARLIEST DATE: 1841 (T. Dibdin, _Songs of the Late Charles Dibdin_)
KEYWORDS: sailor travel battle reunion wife
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REFERENCES (2 citations):
Stone-SeaSongsAndBallads XCIII, pp. 185-186, "Sailor's Journal" (1 text)
ADDITIONAL: T. Dibdin, _Songs of the Late Charles Dibdin_, (London: John Murray, 1841 (available on Google Books)), pp. 92-93, "The Sailor's Journal" ("'Twas post meridian, half-past four") (1 text)
Roud #12834
BROADSIDES:
Bodleian, Harding B 17(270b), "Sailor's Journal," J. Pitts (London), 1802-1819; also Harding B 28(71), Firth c.13(100), "The Sailors Journal," W. Armstrong (Liverpool), 1820-1824; also Harding B 25(1709), "The Sailor's Journal," W. Armstrong (Livepool), 1820-1824; also Harding B 15(271a), "The Sailor's Journal," H. Such (London), 1863-1885; also 2806 b.11(254)=Firth c.13(103)=Harding B 11(1786), "The Sailor's Journal," H. Such (London), 1863-1885; also 2806 c.18(275), "The Sailor's Journal," unknown (n.d.)
NOTES [41 words]: The evidence that this song is traditional is very thin, but it has been printed so many times that Steve Roud gave it a number, and I'm including it for consistency.
For more on author Charles Dibdin, see the notes to "Blow High Blow Low." - RBW
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