Hi,

Add another version from the Madison County area:

"In Seaport Town" sung by Alfred H. Norton from Rocky Fork.

In Seaport Town there lived a merchant,
He had three sons and a daughter dear
And the princes ['prentice] boy was bound unto him,
They lived alone the very same.


Sharp diary 1916 page 263. Thursday 31 August 1916 - Rocky Fork:

Directly after our 6.30 breakfast went toward Flag Pond collecting from Mr Alfred H. Norton on the way from whom I got a few songs.

Richie