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04 Mar 24 - 05:13 PM (#4198532) Subject: Origins: Saucy Sailor From: Joe Offer DT Lyrics: SAUCY SAILOR "Come, my fairest, come, my dearest, And listen unto me; Will you marry a poor sailor boy, Who has just come home from the sea?" "You are ragged, sir, you are dirty, And smell so strong of tar; Begone, you dirty sailor boy! Begone, you Jack of tar!" "Though I'm ragged, miss, though I'm dirty, And smell so strong of tar, I have pockets filled with silver, love, And gold laid up in store." Soon as these words were spoken, Down on her knees she fell, Saying, "Forgive me, noble sailor! I love the sailor well." "I will cross o'er the briny ocean, Where the meadows grow so green; But since you refused my offer, miss, Another shall wear the ring." "You may cross o'er the briny ocean, Where the meadows grow so green; But since I refused your offer, sir, Another may wear the ring." DT #415 Laws K38 @courtship @sailor from Cox, Folk-Songs of the South recorded by Frankie Armstrong tune "SAUCYSLR" from English Folk Songs, Sharp filename[ SAUCYSLR TUNE FILE: SAUCYSLR CLICK TO PLAY SOF Any Background Information? -Joe- |
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04 Mar 24 - 05:24 PM (#4198535) Subject: RE: Origins: Saucy Sailor From: Joe Offer Saucy Sailor, The (Jack and Jolly Tar II) [Laws K38]DESCRIPTION: Jack the sailor admits his poverty to a girl, who scorns him and refuses his offer of marriage. He pulls out a handful of money and offers it to her; she instantly changes her mind. But Jack turns the tables; he has no need for a poor country girlAUTHOR: unknown EARLIEST DATE: 1781 (broadside) KEYWORDS: poverty courting money FOUND IN: US(Ap,NE,SE) Canada(Mar,Newf) Britain(England(Lond,South,West),Scotland(Aber)) REFERENCES (17 citations): Laws K38, "Saucy Sailor, The (Jack and Jolly Tar II)" Doerflinger-SongsOfTheSailorAndLumberman, pp. 294-295, "Jack Tar" (1 text, 1 tune) Hugill-ShantiesFromTheSevenSeas, pp. 461-462, "The Saucy Sailor Boy" (1 text, 1 tune) [AbEd, pp. 343-344] Sharp-EnglishFolkSongsFromSouthernAppalachians 168, "The Saucy Sailor" (1 text, 1 tune) Sharp-OneHundredEnglishFolksongs 45, "The Saucy Sailor" (1 text, 1 tune) Karpeles-TheCrystalSpring 86, "The Saucy Sailor" (1 text, 1 tune) Reeves-TheEverlastingCircle 115, "The Saucy Sailor Boy" (1 text) Roud/Bishop-NewPenguinBookOfEnglishFolkSongs #17, "The Saucy Sailor Boy" (1 text, 1 tune) Greig/Duncan1 49, "The Saucy Sailor" (2 fragments, 2 tunes) Cox-FolkSongsSouth 123, "The Jack of Tar" ( text) Morris-FolksongsOfFlorida, #200, "Jack Tar" (1 text, 1 tune) Flanders/Brown-VermontFolkSongsAndBallads, pp. 151-152, "The Tar-ry Sailor" (1 text) Lane/Gosbee-SongsOfShipsAndSailors, p. 25, "Roving Jack Tar" (1 text, 1 tune, composite) Creighton/Senior-TraditionalSongsOfNovaScotia, pp. 202-203, "Saucy Sailor" (2 texts plus 1 excerpt, 2 tunes) Peacock, pp. 316-317, "Tarry Sailor" (1 text, 1 tune) Karpeles-FolkSongsFromNewfoundland 62, "The Saucy Sailor" (1 text, 1 tune) DT 415, SAUCYSLR* TARSAIL2* Roud #531 RECORDINGS: Jim Bennett, "Tarry Sailor" (on PeacockCDROM) [one verse only] Johnny Doughty, "Come My Own One, Come My Fond One" (on Voice02) BROADSIDES: Bodleian, Firth c.12(333), "Saucy Sailor Boy," E.M.A. Hodges (London), 1846-1854; also Harding B 11(3429), Firth c.13(252), Firth c.13(253), Firth c.12(331), Harding B 16(244a), Firth b.26(245), Firth c.13(197), "Saucy Sailor Boy" CROSS-REFERENCES: cf. "Will You Wed with a Tarry Sailor?" [Laws K37] (plot) cf. "Johnny the Sailor (Green Beds) [Laws K36]" (plot) ALTERNATE TITLES: The Saucy Jack Tar Jack Tar I'm to Cross NOTES [47 words]: Both Greig/Duncan1 fragments are too short to be clearly identified as Laws K38 but the ideas in each brief text are consistent with K38 texts I have seen even if the lines are not in any of those texts. However, they as easily fit (?) "Will You Wed with a Tarry Sailor?" [Laws K37] - BS Last updated in version 6.4 File: LK38 Go to the Ballad Search form Go to the Ballad Index Instructions The Ballad Index Copyright 2023 by Robert B. Waltz and David G. Engle. |
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04 Mar 24 - 05:35 PM (#4198538) Subject: RE: Origins: Saucy Sailor From: Reinhard Origins: Jack Tar / Poor Jack / Saucy Sailor |
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05 Mar 24 - 01:37 PM (#4198589) Subject: RE: Origins: Saucy Sailor From: Steve Gardham Good luck with that thread, Joe!?? |