“Gold Watch”
Description
A sailor sees a girl and asks her to sleep with him. After an initial show of reluctance, she agrees to a fee of five guineas. They go to supper and then to bed. When he awakens, the girl is gone -- as are his money and his gold watch
Cross references
- cf. "The Shirt and the Apron" [Laws K42] (plot)
- cf. "Maggie May" (plot)
- cf. "Can't You Dance the Polka (New York Girls)" (plot)
- cf. "Dixie Brown" [Laws D7] (plot)
- cf. "The Poor Chronic Man" (plot)
- cf. "The Winnipeg Whore" (plot)
- cf. "The Red Plaid Shawl" (plot)
- cf. "The Rookery" (plot)
- cf. "The Young Man Badly Walked" (plot)
- cf. "Roving Jack the Baker" (plot, with sex roles reversed)
References
- Laws K41, "Gold Watch"
- Greenleaf/Mansfield 52, "Gold Watch" (1 text, 1 tune)
- DT 417, RMBSAIL2*
- Roud #1901
- BI, LK41