Cawsand Bay

DESCRIPTION: A ship is preparing to depart when a lady hails the ship. She demands the release of (Henry Grady), one of the sailors. The Captain objects, but she offers his discharge. The two depart and live happily ever after
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1840 (Nautical Sketches)
KEYWORDS: love sea freedom reunion ship
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REFERENCES (5 citations):
Quiller-Couch-OxfordBookOfBallads 168, "Cawsand Bay" (1 text)
Hugill-SongsOfTheSea, pp. 90-91, "Cawsand Bay" (1 text, 1 tune)
DT, CAWSAND*
ADDITIONAL: Hamilton Moore, Jr., _Nautical Sketches_, William Edward Painter, 1840 (available on Google Books), p. 168 "(In Cawsand Bay Lying)" (1 text, tune referenced)
C. H. Firth, _Publications of the Navy Records Society_ , 1907, p. 328,"Cawsand Bay" (1 text)
ST OBB168 (Partial)
Roud #22827
CROSS-REFERENCES:
cf. "The Banks of the Dee" (tune, according to
cf. "The Jolly Plowboy (Little Plowing Boy; The Simple Plowboy)" [Laws M24]
NOTES [12 words]: Thanks to Nigel Parsons for locating the "Nautical Sketches" version. - RBW
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File: OBB168

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