Will Watch, The Bold Smuggler

DESCRIPTION: "'Twas one morn when the wind from the nothward blew keenly... a famed smuggler, Will Watch, kis'd his Sue then serenely." He promises he will give up smuggling if this trip succeeds. But he is killed as he approaches home
AUTHOR: Words: Thomas Cory / Music: John Davy (source: Frank)
EARLIEST DATE: c. 1806 (according to Frank)
KEYWORDS: love courting separation death return burial
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REFERENCES (1 citation):
Frank-NewBookOfPirateSongs 18, "Will Watch, the Bold Smuggler" (1 text, 1 tune; #18 in the first edition)
Roud #1617
File: Fran018

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