There is another "Deserter" thread going, and it seems it might be a good idea to look sort through the various deserter songs and figure out which is which. Here's the Traditional Ballad Index entry for this one.
-Joe Offer-Deserter from Kent, The
DESCRIPTION: A deserter comes to join the harvesting. He talks too freely to a man in the tavern, who informs on him. He is arrested, taken to jail, then marched through the streets as he is returned to his regiment. The singer curses all informers.
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1907
KEYWORDS: army desertion betrayal soldier curse
FOUND IN: Britain(England(South))
REFERENCES (3 citations):
Vaughan Williams/Lloyd, pp. 32-33, "The Deserter from Kent" (1 text, 1 tune)
MacSeegTrav 87, "The Deserter from Kent" (1 text, 1 tune)
DT, DESERTR
CROSS-REFERENCES:
cf. "The Rambling Royal"
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