“Gosport Beach (The Undutiful Daughter)”

Description

"On Gosport beach I landed, that place of noted fame." The sailor meets a beautiful whose merchant parents threw her out. He offers to marry her, breaks a ring, and goes on his voyage. Three months later, he returns and marries her

References

  1. Huntington-Whalemen, pp. 127-129, "The Undutiful Daughter" ( text)
  2. Roud #1038
  3. BI, SWMS127

About

Author: unknown
Earliest date: 1856 (Journal from the Catalpa)