Lyr Req: Sailor/Maiden/Role reversal

02 Feb 01 - 01:54 PM (#388483)
Subject: Sailor/Maiden/Role reversal
From: GUEST

In about 1980 two Canadian girls played at Bracknell folk festival. One of the songs they sang was of a sailor newly home from sea who is ravaged by a woman. He ends up crying, "Mother, I am quite undone." If I could find the names of the two women who sang the song, it would help. Does anyone have a programme from that time?

The song started

One fine summer's day a woman went walking
Down by the river so gentle and free
And there she espied a lonely sailor
Sitting alone in the shade of a tree

She boldly stepped up to this young
Pray tell to me from whence you came
For my eyes have not feasted on such beauty
And may never do so again

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Multiple requests for an unidentified song -
Role reversal, woman has evil way with sailor
Help words of a sea shanty
Lyr Req: Sailors lament
Lyr Req: One fine summer day a woman went walking
Lyr Req: Sailor/Maiden/Role reversal
Hello Sailor

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15 Jul 02 - 01:23 PM (#748403)
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Sailor/Maiden/Role reversal
From: Jim Dixon

Refresh. I have no answer, but I see the song was previously asked for here.

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15 Jul 02 - 01:43 PM (#748411)
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Sailor/Maiden/Role reversal
From: Malcolm Douglas

See also:

Help words of a sea shanty
Lyr Req: Sailors lament
One fine summer day a woman went walking
Hello Sailor

Some of those threads have additional lyrics that people have recalled. Obvious candidates for amalgamation, I'd think.

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15 Jul 02 - 02:31 PM (#748439)
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Sailor/Maiden/Role reversal
From: EBarnacle1

You might also search out the Sailor's Husband's Lament, which can be found on the album, "Broad Old River," available through Clearwater, 845-454-7673.

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15 Jul 02 - 06:04 PM (#748515)
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Sailor/Maiden/Role reversal
From: George Seto - [e-mail]

I wonder if the two girls who sang, might have been the McGarrigle Sisters?

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