“The Maid in Sorrow (Short Jacket)”

Description

A girl dresses as a sailor and goes to sea to seek her true love. The captain finds her attractive and wishes she were a girl. She puts him off, pointing out that there are handsome girls ashore. Only as she is leaving the ship does she reveal her sex

Recordings

• A. L. Lloyd, "Short Jacket and White Trousers" (on Lloyd2, Lloyd3)
• Mrs. Stan Marshall, "Maid I Am in Love" (on MRHCreighton)

References

1. Laws N12, "The Maid in Sorrow (Short Jacket)"
2. Greenleaf/Mansfield 46, "Short Jacket" (1 text, 1 tune)
3. Peacock, pp. 327-328, "Blue Jacket and White Trousers" (1 text, 1 tune)
4. Creighton-Maritime, p. 78, "A Maid I Am In Love" (1 text, 1 tune)
5. Warner 1, "Cabin Boy"; 48, "Cabin Boy" (2 texts, 2 tunes)
6. Gardner/Chickering 164, "The Maid in Sorrow" (1 text, 1 tune)
7. DT 444, SHORTJKT* SHORTJK2*
8. Roud #231
9. BI, LN12