“On the Banks of the Pamanaw”
Description
The singer sees an Indian girl sitting alone but unafraid. She explains that her family is dead and her lover has abandoned her. He offers to take her "to a better land, to a pale-face countree." She will not come; she has vowed to stay there
Notes
Just to prevent mistakes: Yes, that is "Pamanaw," not "Panama." - RBW
Labrador-Leach is indeed "Panama," not my typo.
The "Baltic Line" may refer to Admiral Charles Napier's Baltic excursion against the Russians in the Crimean War [cf. broadside Bodleian, Harding B 13(181), "Bold Napier," E.M.A. Hodges (London), 1855-1861; tune: "Low-Back'd Car"] - BS
References
- Laws H11, "On the Banks of the Pamanaw"
- Lomax-ABFS, pp. 451-452, "The Banks of the Pamanaw" (1 text)
- Beck 46, "On the Banks of the Pamanaw" (1 text, 1 tune)
- Peacock, pp. 424-426, "The Banks of Penmanah" (1 text, 2 tunes)
- Leach-Labrador 95, "Banks of Panama" (1 text, 1 tune)
- DT 792, PAMANAW
- Roud #2196
- BI, LH11