My Lovyer Is a Sailor Boy

DESCRIPTION: "My lovyer is a sailor boy so galland and bold, He's tall as a flagstaff, only 19 years old." She wishes he were with her. He was bound as a carpenter but prefers the sea. She fears he will find a girl somewhere else
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1933 (Tobitt-YoursForASong)
KEYWORDS: love sailor separation
FOUND IN: US(NE)
REFERENCES (3 citations):
Tobitt-TheDittyBag, p. 130, "My Lovyer Is a Sailor Boy" (1 short text, 1 tune)
Tobitt-YoursForASong, p. 19, "My Lovyer Is a Sailor Boy" (1 short text, 1 tune)
GirlScout-PocketSongbook, p. 36, "My Lovyer Is a Sallor Boy" (1 short text, 1 tune)
NOTES [31 words]: The Tobitt version of this is short enough that it might be some other separated-lovers song. But I don't recognize it based on the three verses Tobitt has, and the form is unusual. - RBW
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