The Disguised Sailor [Laws N6]

Girl's father rejects her sailor suitor as below her station. She disguises herself in men's clothes and runs away to sea, where the lover becomes her unknowing shipmate and tells of his unhappy romance. She reveals her identity and they are married by the captain. Mercer 113, 143, 312, 25...

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Main Author: Chaulk, Elizabeth M.
Other Authors: Mouland, Alma, Halley, M.
Language:unknown
Published: 1987
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Online Access:http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/munfla_list/id/1084
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Summary:Girl's father rejects her sailor suitor as below her station. She disguises herself in men's clothes and runs away to sea, where the lover becomes her unknowing shipmate and tells of his unhappy romance. She reveals her identity and they are married by the captain. Mercer 113, 143, 312, 256; Laws ABBB N6, p. 204; Karpeles, 1971: 167 (The Press Gang); Leach, 1965: 106 (The Lady and the Sailor).