“As I Roved Out (I) (Tarry Trousers II)”
Description
The singer overhears a girl talking to her mother. The mother wants her daughter to marry a farmer, but the girl prefers a sailor. (The girl and the sailor are happily wed; she tries to persuade him to go to sea no more.)
References
- SharpAp 133, "Tarry Trousers" (1 text, 1 tune)
- Huntington-Whalemen, pp. 96-99, "The Tarry Trousers" (2 texts, 1 tune)
- Creighton/Senior, pp. 212-214, "Tarry Trousers" (2 texts, 2 tunes)
- Greenleaf/Mansfield 31, "As I Roved Out" (1 text, 1 tune)
- Peacock, pp. 495-496, "Anchors Aweigh, Love" (1 text, 1 tune)
- Lomax-FSNA 14, "As I Roved Out" (1 text, 1 tune)
- OBoyle 1, "As I Roved Out" (1 text, 1 tune)
- DT 414, TARYTROU* TARYTRU2*
- Roud #427
- BI, LoF014