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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ftmemorialunivdc:oai:collections.mun.ca:munfla_list/1629 2023-12-31T10:05:29+01:00 The Girl I Left Behind [Mercer] The Girl I Left Behind My parents raised me tenderly, having no child but me Kearney, Anna Long, Willy Joe Halley, M. Open Hall Bonavista Bay 07/08/1986 8 http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/munfla_list/id/1629 unknown Memorial University Folklore Archive Song Title Index 74-45 C1991 http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/munfla_list/id/1629 All Rights Reserved 4 volume paper index of song recordings held in the MUNFLA Archives. The index was compiled by the Memorial University Folklore Archives; and the digital database created by the Research Centre for Music, Media and Place. Department of Folklore 1986 ftmemorialunivdc 2023-12-04T11:29:30Z 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. Other/Unknown Material Bonavista Bay Memorial University of Newfoundland: Digital Archives Initiative (DAI) |
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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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Long, Willy Joe Halley, M. |
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Kearney, Anna |
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The Girl I Left Behind [Mercer] |
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The Girl I Left Behind [Mercer] |
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1986 |
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Bonavista Bay |
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4 volume paper index of song recordings held in the MUNFLA Archives. The index was compiled by the Memorial University Folklore Archives; and the digital database created by the Research Centre for Music, Media and Place. Department of Folklore |
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Memorial University Folklore Archive Song Title Index 74-45 C1991 http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/munfla_list/id/1629 |
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