Willie Gray

DESCRIPTION: "My schoolmates now I leave you I bid you a fond farewell." The boy departs his home "For a sailor boy to be." He bids farewell to his family and asks those around him to remember him
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1846 (Journal from the Coral)
KEYWORDS: sailor family farewell youth
FOUND IN: US
REFERENCES (1 citation):
Huntington-SongsTheWhalemenSang, pp. 182-183, "Willie Gray" ( text)
Roud #2056
File: SWMS182

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