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Subject term Swimming

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  • Roud No
    6562 [Click on the Roud number to search for variants of this song]
    Other nums
    Child 215 Appx
    Subject terms
    Rural setting / River Annan / Sweethearts / Ferrymen / Horses / Bridges / Gold coins / <Fees> / Ferry boats / <Water spirits> / <Spurs> / <Fields> / <Moors> / <Mires> / <Corn> / <Hay> / Rivers / Fine clothes / Fords / <Willow trees> / <Briars> / Swimming / Horse riding / Death by drowning / True love
    Subject date
    Synopsis
    Although Annan Water is wide and deep, the central character (unnamed) is determined to visit his love Annie. He calls for his black horse and rides it hard, but before he reaches the Gatehope Slack leading to Annandale, the horse is too tired to continue. So he mounts a grey mare and rides it over rough ground, spurring it on until sparks fly from her feet. When they come to the river, the horse is unable to go further. He calls for a boatman to take him across and promises him gold, but the boatman refuses, saying he has sworn many an oath and dares not take him across. The mare is sweating with fear because she can hear the water-spirits roaring. So he takes off his coat and waistcoat and attempts to swim across. Although he is a strong swimmer, the river is too strong and wide, and he never reaches his love. The song ends with a vow to build a bridge so that such a tragedy will not recur.
    Source
    Child, F. J., ed. (1882-95). The English and Scottish popular ballads. Reprinted 1965. New York: Dover Publications. Vol. IV, pp.184-185. (Appendix to Child 215).
    Characters
    Male (Adult) x 2
    Song voice
    Unspecified
    Song history
    First printed in Scott's Minstrelsy of the Scottish border in 1802 and printed by Child (1882-95) as an appendix to Rare Willie drowned in Yarrow (Roud 206; Child 215). In 1969 Nic Jones adapted Scott's text and provided it with a tune since when his version has been extremely popular with revival singers (Zierke 2021). [MN]
    Notes

    Child (1882-95) lists this as an Appendix to Child 215 (Roud 206) although it is similarly related to Child 216 (Roud 91); however in both of those his mother's curse is a key feature, which does not appear here, so the similarity is confined to a man being drowned while attmpting to visit his sweetheart.

    Comparative songs
    Rare Willie drowned in Yarrow, or The Water o' Gamrie (Roud 206; Child 215) / Mother's malison, The, or, Clyde's Water (Roud 91; Child 216)
    Author / Composer
    Date composed
    Printer / Publisher
    Named singer
    Named venue
    Bib. ref(s)
    Child, F. J., ed. (1882-95). The English and Scottish popular ballads. Reprinted 1965. New York: Dover Publications. / Zierke, R. (2021). 'Annan Water'. Mainly Norfolk: English Folk and Other Good Music. [online]. Available at: https://mainlynorfolk.info/nic.jones/songs/annanwater.html [Accessed 2021-04-29].
    Indexer
    JWD
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    URL
  • Roud No
    108 [Click on the Roud number to search for variants of this song]
    Other nums
    Child 258
    Subject terms
    Broughty Castle / <Dundee> / Lords / Ladies / Lovers / Provosts (local government) / Fighters / <Ladies' maids> / <Parents> / <Christmas Day> / Keys / Rivers & streams / Engagement to marry / Lovers' trysts / Kidnapping / Tampering with evidence / Swimming / Death by drowning / Escaping / Love / Freedom / Resourcefulness / Gratitude
    Subject date
    Synopsis
    Lady Helen , the daughter of the Provost of Dundee is left alone by her parents in her home of Broughty Castle. Her lover comes to visit her, but then the castle is invaded by armed men who carry the pair off to the highlands, throwing away the keys they had used to enter the castle. Along the way, she jumps into the river followed by her lover. She swims away and escapes, while he drowns. She makes her way back to Dundee relieved that she had learnt to swim. [SF]
    Source
    Child, F. J., ed. (1882-95). The English and Scottish popular ballads. Reprinted 1965. New York: Dover Publications. Vol. IV pp. 423-424.
    Characters
    Adult (male) x 1 / Adult (female) x 1 / <Adult (male) x 2> / <Adult (female) x 1>
    Song voice
    Unspecified
    Song history
    Notes

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    Bib. ref(s)
    Child, F. J., ed. (1882-95). The English and Scottish popular ballads. Reprinted 1965. New York: Dover Publications. / Bronson, B. H., ed. (1959-72). The traditional tunes of the Child ballads. Princeton: Princeton University Press. / Würzbach, N. and Salz, S. M. (1995). Motif Index of the Child Corpus. Berlin: de Gruyter.
    Indexer
    SF
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    URL
  • Roud No
    43 [Click on the Roud number to search for variants of this song]
    Other nums
    Child 63
    Subject terms
    Stables / Towers / Rural setting / <Lancashire> / <Cheshire> / Noblemen / Ladies / Unmarried mothers / Babies / Pages (servants) / <Prostitutes> / Beauty / Lullabies / Pregnancy / Childbirth / Horse riding / Running / Swimming / Cross-dressing / Marriage / Disguise / Travel / Horse feeding / Devotion / Humiliation / Cruelty / Shame / Distress / Dominance / Declarations of love / Tests of love / Subservience
    Subject date
    Synopsis
    Fair Ellen tells Child Waters she is expecting his child. He offers to give Lancashire and Cheshire to her and her heirs. She turns down his offer preferring his kiss. Child Waters travels north. Ellen cuts her hair short and her gown to the knee and becomes his foot page. He rides while she runs barefoot and struggles to swim the river. They arrive at his tower where his paramour and 23 fair ladies live. Ellen gives them her blessing and looks after his horse. She eats super in the kitchen and is sent to town to carry back a fair lady to sleep all night in Child Water's arms. Ellen sleeps at the foot of the bed. In the morning as she is feeding the horse she goes into labour. Child Water's mother hears her groans and sends him down to the stable. He hears Ellen singing a sad lullaby to their baby and promises her marriage on the day of her churching. [EKM]
    Source
    Child, F. J., ed. (1882-95). The English and Scottish popular ballads. Reprinted 1965. New York: Dover Publications. Vol. II pp. 86-87. (Version A).
    Characters
    Male (adult) x 1 / Female (adult) x1 / Unspecified gender (Child) / <Female (adult) x 26>
    Song voice
    Unspecified
    Song history
    Notes

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    Author / Composer
    Date composed
    Printer / Publisher
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    Bib. ref(s)
    Child, F. J., ed. (1882-95). The English and Scottish popular ballads. Reprinted 1965. New York: Dover Publications. / Bronson, B. H., ed. (1959-72). The traditional tunes of the Child ballads. Princeton: Princeton University Press.
    Indexer
    EKM
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    URL
  • Roud No
    V4482 [Click on the Roud number to search for variants of this song]
    Other nums
    Subject terms
    Young women / Fairies / Beaches / Oceans & seas / Swimming / Drowning / Beauty
    Subject date
    Synopsis
    Claribel is a beautiful young woman who goes to the beach for a swim. Unseen by her, fairies dance on the beach, and when Claribel swims in the ocean, the fairies form a circle around her, and drown her in the depths. [MET]
    Source
    Murphy, J., ed. (1904). Old colony song book, Newfoundland. St. John's, Newfoundland: James Murphy. pp. 31-33.
    Characters
    Female (Adult) x 1
    Song voice
    Unspecified
    Song history
    Notes

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    Author / Composer
    St. John, Charles Henry
    Date composed
    Printer / Publisher
    Named singer
    Named venue
    Bib. ref(s)
    Indexer
    MET
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    URL
    http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/compoundobject/collection/cns/id/3...
  • Roud No
    584 [Click on the Roud number to search for variants of this song]
    Other nums
    Subject terms
    Rural setting / Hills / Morning / Local characters / Gentry / Horses / Fox hounds / Foxes / Rivers & streams / Horse riding / Fox hunting / Swimming / Pursuing
    Subject date
    Synopsis
    Source
    Dido and Spandigo (no date). [broadside]. No imprint. Held at: Oxford: Bodleian Library. Harding B 16(74b)
    Characters
    Female (Adult) x 1 + / Male (Adult) x 1 +
    Song voice
    Unspecfied Unspecified
    Song history
    First seen in print in a black-letter broadside around 1700, named ‘The Fox-Chase’. This was followed by very few other prints. First of equally few oral versions was collected from Launceston, Cornwall by Baring Gould in 1888. Popular in the postwar revival. [PRW]
    Notes

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    LER
    Example text
    URL
    http://ballads.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/view/sheet/16820
  • Roud No
    1268 [Click on the Roud number to search for variants of this song]
    Other nums
    Subject terms
    Rural setting / Abingdon / <Prisons> / Eynsham / Spaniels / Hares / Pheasants / Poaching / <Beating> / Swimming / <Happiness> / Laughing / Wytham Woods / Cassington Brook / <Sports & games>
    Subject date
    Synopsis
    Three poachers from Eynsham go to Wytham Woods in Lord Abingdon's Manor, when their spaniel puts up a hare, just as a pheasant springs. They continue beating the woods, but are seen by Barrett, the keeper, so they leave by way of Cassington Brook, which is in spate, and they have to swim. They make good their escape and avoid jail. [RAS]
    Source
    Williams, A. (1923). Folk songs of the upper Thames. London: Duckworth p. 151.
    Characters
    Male (Adult) x 5
    Song voice
    Male
    Song history
    Notes

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    Date composed
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    Bib. ref(s)
    Indexer
    RAS
    Example text
    URL
    https://www.vwml.org/record/RoudFS/S143929
  • Roud No
    122 [Click on the Roud number to search for variants of this song]
    Other nums
    Child 286
    Subject terms
    At sea setting / Low Countries / Cabin boys / Sea captains / <Daughters> / Spaniards / Golden Vanity (ship) / Gold coins / Silver coins / Broken promises / Drowning / Sinking a ship (sea battles) / Swimming / Betrayal
    Subject date
    Synopsis
    A sea captain promises a cabin boy gold and riches, and the hand of his daughter should he sink the enemy ship which is threatening their own. The boy swims to the enemy ship and sinks it, but on return the captain refuses to assist the boy out of the ocean and give him the promised reward. The cabin boy is finally helped back onto the ship by his crew, but dies from exhaustion. [LMS]
    Source
    Roud, S. and Bishop, J., eds. (2012). The new Penguin book of English folk songs. London: Penguin Classics. pp. 22-23
    Characters
    Male (Adolescent ) x 1 / Male (Adult) x 1
    Song voice
    Unspecified
    Song history
    A Child ballad, and amongst the most popular of folk songs both historically and in the postwar revival. The first known versions appeared in London black letter broadsides printed by Philip Birch between 1663 and 1685, and by Joseph Conyers about the same period, both entitled ‘Sir Walter Raleigh Sailing in the Lowlands Low’. It would seem that the story is a fantasy woven around Raleigh up to a century after such an event could have happened. Raleigh’s ship was ‘The Sweet Trinity’, but few versions after this broadside carried that title, the overwhelming majority being ‘The Golden Vanity’. Many of the more popular Child ballads first appeared in black-letter English broadsides, and next in the many Scottish collections starting with Herd in the 1770s. However, the Golden Vanity is absent from the latter, the earliest versions with this title coming in 19th century English broadsides, the earliest possible date being that printed by James Catnach, from 1819 onward, or McCall of Liverpool, printing from 1822. Although these prints were limited in number, they occurred widely in English towns, and so were no doubt instrumental in the popularity of the song that came later. Oral Versions have been collected starting in the late 19th century from England and the United States and in the 20th century from Scotland and Canada. By far the most of these have been found in the United States in the 20th century. This is reflected in the fact that Child (1882-95, Vol V pp. 135-142) considered only three versions, whereas Bronson (1959-72, Vol IV pp. 312-362) looked at the tunes of no less than 110 variants in ten groups. See also Roud and Bishop (2012, pp. 382-383). [PRW]
    Notes

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    Author / Composer
    Date composed
    Printer / Publisher
    Named singer
    Named venue
    Bib. ref(s)
    Child, F. J., ed. (1882-95). The English and Scottish popular ballads. Reprinted 1965. New York: Dover Publications. / Bronson, B. H., ed. (1959-72). The traditional tunes of the Child ballads. Princeton: Princeton University Press. / Roud, S. and Bishop, J., eds. (2012). The new Penguin book of English folk songs. London: Penguin Classics.
    Indexer
    NSB
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    URL
  • Roud No
    1401 [Click on the Roud number to search for variants of this song]
    Other nums
    Subject terms
    Rural setting / <Schools> / <Fathers> / <Doctors> / Young men / Young women / Girls / Boys / <Wives> / <Masters> / <Breeches> / <Bacon> / <Bathing> / <Swimming> / Joy / <Love> / Nostalgia
    Subject date
    Synopsis
    The narrator remembers his young life and how girls would always sport with him - and he wishes they still would, now that he's grown up. Nonetheless, he's going to look for a wife. [RAS]
    Source
    I Wish They'd Do it Now [sleeve notes]. In: George Townshend, 2012. Come Hand to Me the Glass [CD]. Stroud: Musical Traditions Records. MTCD304-5, p.7.
    Characters
    Male (Adult) x 1 / Female (children) x many.
    Song voice
    Male
    Song history
    Broadsides, while not particularly numerous, were limited to the most prominent of printers from England, Scotland, and the United States. Oral versions were fewer, but displayed a similar geography to printed versions. [PRW]
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    RAS
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  • Roud No
    45 [Click on the Roud number to search for variants of this song]
    Other nums
    Child 65
    Subject terms
    Scotland / English people / Young women / Sweethearts / Mothers / Fathers / Brothers / Sisters / Lords / Boys / Elderly women / Nannies / <Prostitutes> / Messengers / <Widows> / Horses / Illegitimacy / Promises to marry / Familial opposition (to courtship or marriage) / <Bridges> / Bonfires / <Doors> / <Walls> / Castles / <Gold coins> / <Fees> / <Boots> / <Spurs> / Filicide / Sororicide / Honour killings / Burning at the stake / <Running> / <Swimming> / Horse riding / Kissing / <Crying> / True love
    Subject date
    Synopsis
    Lady Maisry [Janet in indexed version] is accused, in turn, by her sister, brother, mother and father of being a whore. She denies it, saying that the child she is expecting is by an English lord who has promised to marry her. Her nurse tells her that her father and brother are preparing a fire to burn her. She asks for a boy who would, for a reward in gold, take the news to her lover. The nurse obliges, and the boy runs fast, swims a river where the bridge is broken and leaps over the castle wall to reach the English lord. He tells him the news, and the lord rides a series of swift horses to reach Janet. He leaps into the fire and kisses her just as her body begins to disintegrate. He vows to burn her parents, and to kill her brother and her sister, and also many others [JWD].
    Source
    Child, F. J., ed. (1882-95). The English and Scottish popular ballads. Reprinted 1965. New York: Dover Publications. Vol. II pp. 115-16 (Version B).
    Characters
    Male (Adult) x 3 / Female (Adult) x 4 / Male (Child) x 1
    Song voice
    Unspecified
    Song history
    Despite this Child ballad being of late 18th century Scots origin, as with most such songs, it has been inherited largely by English singers. The first known version is by the well- known singer Anna Brown of Fife, and was first printed by Jamieson in 1806. A shorter version of the song ‘Bonnie Susie Cleland’ was printed by Motherwell in 1827, who also gave us a full version of ‘Lady Maisry’ as well as ‘Lady Marjorie’, all classified as Child number 65, and rightly so. Motherwell also gave us a tune for ‘Susie Cleland’ used by most postwar revival singers. Oral versions have been overwhelmingly from England, the Edwardian collectors finding copious versions, and in the postwar period versions have come from Caroline Hughes and Freda Black, both travellers from the south of England. Child (1882-95, Vol II pp. 112-126) considered nine versions, Bronson (1959-72, Vol II pp. 50-57) 13 tunes. [PRW]
    Notes

    The heroine's name is Maisry or Margery in many versions, though she is Janet in the indexed version. In a well-known variant she is 'Bonnie Susie Cleland'.

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    Author / Composer
    Date composed
    Printer / Publisher
    Named singer
    Named venue
    Bib. ref(s)
    Child, F. J., ed. (1882-95). The English and Scottish popular ballads. Reprinted 1965. New York: Dover Publications. / Bronson, B. H., ed. (1959-72). The traditional tunes of the Child ballads. Princeton: Princeton University Press.
    Indexer
    JWD
    Example text
    URL
  • Roud No
    189 [Click on the Roud number to search for variants of this song]
    Other nums
    Laws Q33
    Subject terms
    Rural setting / <Comradeship> / Polly / Mothers / Uncles / Lakes / Lake accidents / <Islands> / Funerals / Swimming / Drowning / Dreams / Unhappiness / William / <Gamekeepers>
    Subject date
    Synopsis
    Willie persuades his comrade to take a morning swim. He dives into the lake first and reaches an island but warns his friend against following him. In attempting to return to shore, Willie disappears. His sister dreams that he is drowned, and his uncle finds the body. Twenty-four young men assist in burying Willie, while his loved ones grieve [Laws 1957, p.289]. [In indexed copy] Willie and his comrade go swimming in the lakes of Colefinn, but are warned of the dangers. Willie swims round the lake but cannot find any shallow water; he tires and drowns. His sister dreams of his drowning and tells her mother. Various family members go to the lake and lament his death. His funeral is described. [RAS]
    Source
    William Lennard [sleeve notes]. In: Maynard, G. 2001. Just Another Saturday Night [CD]. Stroud: Musical Traditions Records, MTCD309-0, P. 37. Track 2/17
    Characters
    Male (Adult) x 4 / Female (Adult) x 3
    Song voice
    Male
    Song history
    A song equally popular in broadside and oral forms historically, particularly in England and Ireland. Although the spelling of the lake’s name shows great variation, many suggest an Irish origin, where indeed the song has been widely collected, the first occurrence in a published collection being in P. W. Joyce’s 1909 Old Irish Folk Music and Songs, and there have been 19th century Irish broadsides. In fact, the very first appearance may well have been in a broadside by Joseph Haly of Cork entitled ‘A New Song called William Leonard’, Willie Leonard or Lennox being the most popular title amongst Irish versions. Haly’s dates are not known exactly, but he was certainly in business in the 1820s. In the postwar revival, there have been notable versions from Elizabeth Cronin and Eddie Lenihan from Ireland, and Scan Tester from Sussex. See Roud & Bishop p. 484. [PRW]
    Notes

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    Author / Composer
    Date composed
    Printer / Publisher
    Named singer
    Named venue
    Bib. ref(s)
    Laws, G. M. (1957). American balladry from British broadsides. Philadelphia: American Folklore Society / Roud, S. and Bishop, J., eds. (2012). The new Penguin book of English folk songs. London: Penguin Classics.
    Indexer
    RAS
    Example text
    URL
  • Roud No
    2853 [Click on the Roud number to search for variants of this song]
    Other nums
    Subject terms
    Lovers / Crying / Lamentation / Broken-heartedness / Young women / Soldiers / Death in battle / Battle of Waterloo (1815) / French people / Heroes / Scots / Cork (City) / River Shannon / <Swimming> / <Fish> / <Eagles> / Muskets / Cavalry
    Subject date
    Battle of Waterloo, 1815-06-18 / 18 June 1815
    Synopsis
    A sad song about a young woman mourning her man’s death at Waterloo. [PRW]
    Source
    The sailor's letter [and] The Plains of Waterloo (ca. 1840-1866). [broadside]. Preston: Harkness. Held at: Oxford: Bodleian Library. 2806 c.13(55)
    Characters
    Male (Adult) x 1 +
    Song voice
    Unspecified
    Song history
    The song appeared in several English broadsides, the first printed by Armstrong of Liverpool between 1820 and 1824. However, it has not appeared in oral tradition. See Wood (2015, pp. 80-81). [PRW]
    Notes

    An uncommon song. One verse indicates an Irish origin.

    Comparative songs
    Author / Composer
    Date composed
    Printer / Publisher
    Named singer
    Named venue
    Bib. ref(s)
    Wood, P. (2015). The green linnet : Napoleonic songs from the French Wars to the present day. [Ovington, Northumberland]: Peter Wood
    Indexer
    PRW
    Example text
    URL
    http://ballads.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/view/sheet/6812
  • Roud No
    1350 [Click on the Roud number to search for variants of this song]
    Other nums
    Child 44
    Subject terms
    Women / Blacksmiths / Virginity / <Hammers> / <Bowers (apartments)> / <Doors> / <Wands> / Fine clothes / Doves / <Streams> / Trout / Ducks / <Ponds> / <Coal (fuel)> / <Hands> / <Chests (furniture)> / <Gold (metal)> / Graves / <Masses (church services)> / Pride / Hares / <Hills> / Greyhounds / Mares / <Cooking & serving utensils> / <Cakes> / <Sailing ships> / <Silk> / <Plaids> / <Bedding> / <Beds> / <Swearing (oaths etc.)> / <Swimming> / Rape / Attempted rape / Loss of virginity / Sexual euphemisms / Refusal to marry / Pursuing / Deception / Disguise / Flying / Eels / Shapeshifting
    Subject date
    Synopsis
    A blacksmith comes to visit a lady and threatens to take her maidenhead. She refuses and swears that she would rather die. She turns herself into a range of different animals and objects to escape him, but he pursues and eventually catches her. The chase is filled with imagery of natural environments and sexual assault (for example, when she becomes a mare, he becomes a saddle ‘to ride upon her back’) [CDS]
    Source
    Child, F. J., ed. (1882-95). The English and Scottish popular ballads. Reprinted 1965. New York: Dover Publications. Vol I pp. 402-3
    Characters
    Female (Adult) x 1 / Male (Adult) x 1
    Song voice
    Unspecified
    Song history
    There are no known broadside versions of this song. Oral versions are limited to England and Scotland. See Shuldham-Shaw, and Lyle. (1981-2002, Vol. 2 pp. 582-583). Quite popular in the post-war revival. [PRW]
    Notes

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    Date composed
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    Named singer
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    Bib. ref(s)
    Child, F. J., ed. (1882-95). The English and Scottish popular ballads. Reprinted 1965. New York: Dover Publications. / Bronson, B. H., ed. (1959-72). The traditional tunes of the Child ballads. Princeton: Princeton University Press. / Shuldham-Shaw, P. and Lyle, E. B., eds. (1981-2002). The Greig-Duncan folk song collection. Aberdeen: Aberdeen University Press.
    Indexer
    CDS
    Example text
    URL
  • Roud No
    1617 [Click on the Roud number to search for variants of this song]
    Other nums
    Subject terms
    At sea setting / <Winds> / <Boats> / <Warnings> / Guns / <Swimming> / Drowning / <Decks (boats & ships)> / <Lightning> / Death / Smuggling / <Waves> / <Serenity> / <Pockets> / <Head> / Broadsides (sea battles) / Bullets / Lawlessness / <Fear> / Bravery / <Obedience> / Brigs / Susan / <Prayers> / <Forgetfulness> / <Peace> / <Flinching> / <Customs officers> / Last words / <Dead of the night> / <Laws> / <Ports> / <Signalling>
    Subject date
    Synopsis
    Will Watch, a famous smuggler, promises his Susan that, if all goes well, this will be his last voyage. He sails off, collects the contraband, and waits 'til night to make the return trip. Then he is warned that the Revenue brig is approaching; they take to sea to engage, and he gives the crew their orders, including for his burial, should he die in the encounter. He is hit, dies, and the smugglers sheer for home and Susan. His burial is touchingly described. [RAS]
    Source
    Will Watch [sleeves notes]. In: Sam Larner, 2014. Cruising Round Yarmouth. Stroud: Musical Traditions Records. MTCD369-0, Pp. 23-4.
    Characters
    Male (Adult) x 1 + / Female (Adult) x 1
    Song voice
    Male
    Song history
    Popular in 19th century broadsides, many printers issuing the song several times. Oral versions were few, the first being collected by Captain Whall in the 1860s. See Whall (1927, pp. 39-41). [PRW]
    Notes

    Sam Larner's use of 'Philistians' rather than Philistines, to describe the Revenue men, is more linguistically accurate.

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    Author / Composer
    Cory, Thomas (words) / Davy, John (music)
    Date composed
    1806
    Printer / Publisher
    Named singer
    Named venue
    Bib. ref(s)
    Whall, W. B., ed. (1927), Sea songs and shanties. 6th edition. Glasgow: Brown, Son & Ferguson
    Indexer
    RAS
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    URL