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It was a young man in Strawbello did dwell
Sailor courts girl. He goes to sea and is drowned. She finds the body on the beach and dies. They are buried together.Laws, ABBB, K18; Mercer: Peacock, p. 722; Karpeles, p. 161 (Arbour Town); Sharp, "Collection of English Folksongs" #57; Sharp, "English Folksongs, Vol 1", p. 52 ("Drowned Lovers")
I'm sitting on the stile, Mary
Man sings to wife's grave of reasons for leaving America.Mercer: ("I'm Sitting on the Stile, Mary"): Peacock, p. 462; Fowke: FH Index. Composed by Lady Dufferin and William Dempster. 9/3/97; 11/4/86; 20/7/10 Music; 26/9/17 Music; 14/3/28 Music; 12/2/36 Music; 11/10/44; 8/6/50 Music; 5/6/52
The fall was advancing, and nothing to do
Trials of Berry pickingWritten by Tom Hicks, uncle of the informan
Honest to me Johnny Poker
Shanty.Mercer: England (1969), p. 44; English (1955), p. 57; English (1959), p. 7; Greenleaf, p. 339; Reader (1968), p. 68; Hugill, p. 289
News and Views in Welfare, 1969-04, Vol. 18, No. 04
News and Views in Welfare, 1969-04, Vol. 18, No. 0