Heave Away My Johnnie
Cecil Sharp Manuscript Collection (at Clare College, Cambridge)
(CJS2/9/382)
- First Line
- As I walked out one morning
- Performer
- Vickery, Capt. [Vickery (Captain)]
- Date collected
- 8 Aug 1904
- Place
- [England : Somerset : Minehead]
- Collector
- Sharp, Cecil J.
- Roud No
- 616 [Search for 616 in the current indexes]
- Alt Ref No
- FW 382 / FT 275
- Format
- Manuscript
- Type
- Song
- Subtype
- Src Contents
- Frag. text
- Named Tune
- Child No
- Laws No
- Notes
-
Cecil Sharp MSS, Folk Words p.382 / Folk Tunes p.275
- Author / Composer
- VWML Location
- Repository
- Clare College, Cambridge
- Printer / Publisher
- Pub Place
- Pub Date
- Level
- Item
- Volume
- Folk Words
- Assoc Source
- Date extant
Media
1 media item.
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Heave away my Johnnie
as I walked out one morning
all in the month of may
Heave away my Johnny [sic] , heave away,
I once spied a fair pretty girl
and unto her did say
Heave away my jolly boys
We're all bound away
O where are are you going
my fair pretty maid?
From Capt Vickery aug 8th 1904
Transcription
Show all of transcriptionHeave away my Johnnie
as I walked out one morning
all in the month of may
Heave away my Johnny [sic] , heave away,
I once spied a fair pretty girl
and unto her did say
Heave away my jolly boys
We're all bound away
O where are are you going
my fair pretty maid?
From Capt Vickery aug 8th 1904
Relationships
- CJS2/9 Folk words collected by Cecil Sharp
- CJS2/9/382 Heave Away My Johnnie (This record)