I keep stumbling over a European folksong in various guises. The gist of the plot is that a young woman is persuaded to come aboard ship by a charming sailor, who then hoists anchor and makes off out to sea. She laments her fate. I've found two French versions and one Catalan version of this, and was wondering if it made it across the Channel, or for that matter across the Atlantic.


Catalan version

One of the French versions was from a friend, the other from Chavanee's album "Chants Marins". I don't have the full text for either.