“The Lovely Lowland Maid”
Description
Mary Ann sends her sailor away "because he looked so poor." She invites him in when he shows her "a purse of gold" Now he rejects her. She and another suitor kill the sailor for his gold. There is a witness. Both are condemned to die.
Supplemental text
Lovely Lowland Maid, The
Partial text(s)
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From Kenneth Peacock, Songs of the Newfoundland Outports, Volume II,
pp. 620-621. Sung by Patrick Rossiter, Fermeuse, October 1961.
It's of a jolly sailor boy who plowed the ocean free,
He dressed himself in tidy clothes his true love to go see,
His pockets they were lined as good as any sailor's trade,
To try the heart of Mary Ann, that lovely lowland maid.
(7 additional stanzas)
Notes
The Lesley Nelson-Burns site Folk Music of England Scotland Ireland, Wales & America collection includes a text named The Little Lowland Maid with a note that "This appeared on a broadside entitled The Cruel Lowland Maid that was printed by Ryle." - BS
References
- Peacock, pp. 620-621, "The Lovely Lowland Maid" (1 text, 1 tune)
- ST Pea620 (Partial)
- BI, Pea620