The Sailor and the Tailor (2) in the Digital Tradition is a near-exact copy of Sharp's "Watchet Sailor." Our other Sailor/Tailor song is quite different, I think. Here's the entry on this song from the Traditional Ballad Index:

Sailor and the Tailor, The [Laws P4]

DESCRIPTION: A girl and a sailor agree to marry after he finishes his voyage. When he returns, he finds that she will soon marry a tailor. He meets them and persuades the girl to change her mind
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1916
KEYWORDS: sailor wedding infidelity rejection love
FOUND IN: Britain(England) US(MA) Canada(Mar)
REFERENCES (5 citations):
Laws P4, "The Sailor and the Tailor"
Sharp-100E 73, "The Watchet Sailor" (1 text, 1 tune)
Creighton/Senior, pp. 167-168, "Jack the Sailor" (1 text, 1 tune)
DT 492, SAILTAIL
cf. Gardner/Chickering, p. 482, "The Sailor and the Tailor" (source notes only)
Roud #917
File: LP04

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