“Maggie's Secret”

Description

"Oh! many a time I am sad at heart." Boys come to court Maggie "but I tell them they needn't come wooing to me." Her secret is that she loves a sailor: "my heart is over the sea." His mother guesses her secret and approves.

Broadsides

• Bodleian, Harding B 15(180a), "Maggie's Secret", H. Such (London), 1863-1885; also Harding B 11(1663), Firth b.26(257), "Maggie's Secret"

References

1. O'Conor, pp. 143-144, "Maggie's Secret" (1 text)
2. Roud #12886
3. BI, OCon143B