There is a matching song here on these broadsides in the Bodleian ....
was it written at the same time or wasit a later addition??


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Printers: Catnach, J. (London); Marshall, W. (Bristol); Batchelar, T. (London); Bennett (Brighton); Pierce (Southborough)

Date:   between 1813 and 1838
   
          Imprint: J. Catnach, Printer, 2 Monmouth Court, 7 Dials ...          Sold by W. Marshall, Bristol;
          also by T. Batchelar, 14, Hackney Road Crescent. sold by          Bennett, Brighton, and Pierce, Southborough
         
            
Copies: Harding B 11(400)
   
            
Ballads: 1. The bonny blue handkerchief ("As early one morning I                chanced for to stray ...")
            2. The bonny blue jacket ("As early one morning I chanc'd                for to roam ...")

Subject: Sailors; Lovers reunited