“Gold Watch”

Description

A sailor sees a girl and asks her to sleep with him. After an initial show of reluctance, she agrees to a fee of five guineas. They go to supper and then to bed. When he awakens, the girl is gone -- as are his money and his gold watch

Cross references

• cf. "The Shirt and the Apron" [Laws K42] (plot)
• cf. "Maggie May" (plot)
• cf. "Can't You Dance the Polka (New York Girls)" (plot)
• cf. "Dixie Brown" [Laws D7] (plot)
• cf. "The Poor Chronic Man" (plot)
• cf. "The Winnipeg Whore" (plot)
• cf. "The Red Plaid Shawl" (plot)
• cf. "The Rookery" (plot)
• cf. "The Young Man Badly Walked" (plot)
• cf. "Roving Jack the Baker" (plot, with sex roles reversed)

References

1. Laws K41, "Gold Watch"
2. Greenleaf/Mansfield 52, "Gold Watch" (1 text, 1 tune)
3. DT 417, RMBSAIL2*
4. Roud #1901
5. BI, LK41