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My Bonnie Sailor Boy
Roud Folksong Index (S155128)

1 of approx 30 results
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It's of a brisk young sailor lad

Roud No

843 [Search for 843 in the current indexes]

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Laws M22

Source

Ord, Bothy Songs & Ballads (1930) p.328

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Scotland

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X5870

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Bonny Sailor Boy, the [traditional Ballad Index Entry]
Roud Folksong Index (S504390)

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843 [Search for 843 in the current indexes]

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Laws M22

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Traditional Ballad Index (online) LM22

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Online index

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X10951

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http://www.fresnostate.edu/folklore/ballads/LM22.html
The Bonny Lighter-boy
Roud Folksong Index (S199877)

3 of approx 30 results
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It's of a brisk young sailor lad

Roud No

843 [Search for 843 in the current indexes]

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Laws M22

Source

Sharp, One Hundred English Folksongs (1916) pp.112-113

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England

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Sharp, Cecil J.

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X5261

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My Darling Ploughman Boy
Roud Folksong Index (S216013)

4 of approx 30 results
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Come all ye lonely lovers, come listen unto me

Roud No

843 [Search for 843 in the current indexes]

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Laws M22

Source

Folktracks FSB 015 (`Green Grows the Laurel')

Performer

McBeath, Jimmy

Place

Scotland : Morayshire : Elgin

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Sound recording

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X4751

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My Darling Ploughman Boy
Roud Folksong Index (S184614)

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Come all ye lonely lovers, come listen unto me

Roud No

843 [Search for 843 in the current indexes]

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Laws M22

Source

BBC recording 18128

Performer

Steele, Frank

Place

Scotland : Banffshire : Whitehills

Collector

Ennis, Seamus

Date collected

1952 (8 Jul)

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X9582

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The Bonny Lighter Boy
Roud Folksong Index (S486425)

6 of approx 30 results
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It's of a brisk young sailor lad

Roud No

843 [Search for 843 in the current indexes]

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Laws M22

Source

Sharp, Folk-Songs for Schools (Novello's School Songs Set 9) pp.7-9

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England : Somerset

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Sharp, Cecil J.

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X11010

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Come All Ye Lonely Lovers
Roud Folksong Index (S201805)

7 of approx 30 results
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Come all ye lonely lovers, come listen unto me

Roud No

843 [Search for 843 in the current indexes]

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Laws M22

Source

Tocher 12 (1973) p.156

Performer

MacBeath, Jimmy

Place

Scotland

Collector

Henderson, Hamish

Date collected

1952

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Printed : Journal / Serial

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SA 1952/34/A1

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X6164

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The Bonny Lighter Boy
Roud Folksong Index (S139161)

8 of approx 30 results
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It's of a brisk young sailor lad

Roud No

843 [Search for 843 in the current indexes]

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Laws M22

Source

Sharp, English Folk Songs 1 (1921) pp.78-79

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Sharp, Cecil J.

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Bonny lighter boy : etc.

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Four lines of text added

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X5255

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Jolly Young Sailor Boy
Roud Folksong Index (S150773)

9 of approx 30 results
First Line

Come all you and lasses

Roud No

843 [Search for 843 in the current indexes]

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Laws M22

Source

Creighton & Senior, Traditional Songs of Nova Scotia (1950) p.179

Performer

Young, Thomas

Place

Canada : Nova Scotia : West Petpeswick

Collector

Creighton, Helen / Doreen Senior

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X4602

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Come All Ye Lonely Lovers
Roud Folksong Index (S201806)

10 of approx 30 results
First Line

Come all ye lonely lovers, come listen unto me

Roud No

843 [Search for 843 in the current indexes]

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Laws M22

Source

Folktracks 60-059 (`The Horseman's Word')

Performer

McBeath, Jimmy

Place

Scotland : Banffshire

Collector

Lomax, Alan / Peter Kennedy

Date collected

1951 / 1953

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X5777

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My Darling Ploughman Boy
Roud Folksong Index (S155235)

11 of approx 30 results
First Line

Come all ye lonely lovers, come listen unto me

Roud No

843 [Search for 843 in the current indexes]

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Laws M22

Source

Kennedy, Folksongs of Britain & Ireland (1975) p.363

Performer

McBeath, Jimmy

Place

Scotland : Morayshire : Elgin

Collector

Lomax, Alan

Date collected

1951

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Topic 12T 157

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X5952

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