“A Gay Spanish Maid”

Description

The girl bids her lover farewell as he prepares to sail. A storm sinks the ship soon after it starts on its way; the entire crew is killed except her lover, who clings to a plank. She hears that the ship is lost and dies before her lover reaches her

Recordings

• Edmund & Sadie Henneberry, "The Gay Spanish Maid" (on NovaScotia1)

References

1. Laws K16, "A Gay Spanish Maid"
2. Randolph 125, "Gay Spanish Mary" (1 text)
3. Gardner/Chickering 40, "A Spanish Maid" (1 text plus an excerpt, 2 tunes)
4. Combs/Wilgus 87, pp. 134-135, "The Spanish Maid" (1 text)
5. JHCox 115, "A Gay Spanish Maid" (1 text)
6. Leach-Labrador 17, "Gay Spanish Maid" (2 texts, 2 tunes)
7. Creighton-NovaScotia 35, "The Gay Spanish Maid" (1 text, 1 tune)
8. Mackenzie 33, "The Gay Spanish Maid" (1 text)
9. Dibblee/Dibblee, p. 79, "Gay Spanish Maid" (1 text, 1 tune)
10. DT 560, GAYSPAN
11. Roud #708
12. BI, LK16