The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #133473   Message #3029849
Posted By: Steve Gardham
11-Nov-10 - 07:21 PM
Thread Name: Origins: Jack Tar / Poor Jack / Saucy Sailor
Subject: RE: Origins: Jack Tar / Poor Jack / Saucy Sailor
Baring Gould in Songs of the West refers to a Pitts broadside but I haven't come across one. If pushed I'd guess at a theatrical or pleasure gardens origin, early 19thc. All broadside versions are pretty standard. The language and syntax are that of the pleasure garden pieces. The earliest I have seen is a broadside of Pratt of Birmingham in the Irish Traditional Music Archive (also a copy in the BL Baring Gould Collection)