“The Sailor and the Ghost”

Description

A pregnant girl hangs herself after being abandoned by her lover. The guilty youth goes to sea to escape her ghost, but the spirit follows and finds him. She threatens the captain until he is produced, and then burns the ship with him aboard

Cross references

• cf. "Captain Glen/The New York Trader (The Guilty Sea Captain A/B)" [Laws K22]

Broadsides

• Bodleian, Harding B 10(68), "The Sailor and the Ghost," Laurie and Whittle (London), 1805; also 2806 c.8(242), "The Sailor and the Ghost"

References

1. Laws P34A, "The Sailor's Tragedy (The Sailor and the Ghost A)"/P34B, "Handsome Harry (The Sailor and the Ghost B)"
2. BrownII 68, "Handsome Harry" (1 text, identified by Laws as P34B)
3. Creighton/Senior, pp. 151-154, "The Dreadful Ghost" (2 texts, 2 tunes)
4. Creighton-Maritime, pp. 116-117, "The Dreadful Ghost" (1 text, 1 tune)
5. Peacock, pp. 398-403, "The Sea Ghost" (3 texts, 3 tunes)
6. Leach-Labrador 18, "The Sailor's Tragedy" (1 text, 1 tune)
7. Mackenzie 92, "The Sailor's Tragedy" (1 text)
8. DT 512, DREDGHOS
9. Roud #568
10. BI, LP34