Hind Horn - Child 17
A shipmate tells Jack who's newly home that his true love is to be married to another on the next day. The next day, he meets her going to the church. She went with her true love, the sailor, forsaking the tailor she was to have married. The final bit of the song is a warning to tailors, tellin...
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1992
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| Online Access: | http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/munfla_list/id/4250 |
| Summary: | A shipmate tells Jack who's newly home that his true love is to be married to another on the next day. The next day, he meets her going to the church. She went with her true love, the sailor, forsaking the tailor she was to have married. The final bit of the song is a warning to tailors, telling them not to be overly trusting of women. Child 17 - Hind Horn; also see "The Jolly Beggarman" |
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