The Girl I Left Behind [Mercer]
Sailor courts daughter of wealthy local farmer, then goes back to sea and marries another. He feels that he has disgraced his parents by deserting his first lover and suffers severe guilt pangs. Typical sentimental ballad, possibly early 19th century. Mercer, 125, 138, 274; Laws P1A; Lwach, 1965: 32...
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1986
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| Online Access: | http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/munfla_list/id/1629 |
| Summary: | Sailor courts daughter of wealthy local farmer, then goes back to sea and marries another. He feels that he has disgraced his parents by deserting his first lover and suffers severe guilt pangs. Typical sentimental ballad, possibly early 19th century. Mercer, 125, 138, 274; Laws P1A; Lwach, 1965: 322, 330; Peacock, 1954: 128; Peacock, 1965: 449. |
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