“Female Rambling Sailor”
Description
"Come all you people far and near And listen to my ditty" of a girl who disguises herself and goes to sea after her impressed lover is drowned. She proves a brave sailor, but at last is killed and her sex discovered. The singer wishes her well in death
Broadsides
- Murray, Mu23-y4:042, "Female Rambling Sailor," unknown, 19C
- NLScotland, L.C.Fol.70(147), "Female Rambling Sailor," unknown, c. 1870
References
- DT, RMBSAIL3
- BI, DTrmbsl3