“My Sailor Boy (A Sailor Boy in Blue)”

Description

"My boy he is a sailor, A sailor boy in blue, I know he has my heart, And I hope he will prove true.... And soon he will return again To his own dear Mary Jane." She describes the gifts her has promised to bring her

Notes

Sort of a cross between "Sailor on the Deep Blue Sea" and "Oh, Dear, What Can the Matter Be?" - RBW

Munnelly/Deasy-Lenihan 49: "It is possible, even likely, that he [Tom Lenihan] learned it from the American recording of Nan Fitzpatrick which she made when she joined forces with the very popular Frank Quinn. Fn 144: Frank Quinn and Nan Fitzpatrick with violin, banjo and piano accompaniment 'My Bonny Boy in Blue' on Columbia Records, 33477-F. Matrix (w) 113025. 'Connamara Dan' is on the reverse side." - BS

Cross references

Recordings

  • Tom Lenihan, "The Bonny Boy in Blue" (on IRTLenihan01)

References

  1. SHenry H759, p. 288, "My Sailor Boy" (1 text, 1 tune)
  2. Munnelly/Deasy-Lenihan 49, "My Bonny Boy in Blue" (1 text, 1 tune)
  3. Roud #5238
  4. BI, HHH759

About

Author: unknown
Earliest date: 1938 (Sam Henry collection)
Found in: Ireland