“The Sea Apprentice”
Description
"When I first went a sea-apprentice bound, I sailed the salt seas all round and round." The singer falls in love with Anne. The captain calls him foolish; she will take another while he is at sea. But he offers her tokens, and she promises to wait
Notes
The Digital Tradition version of this song, from Creighton, is listed as Laws M12, but it appears to be this song (Creighton also has a version of Laws M12, which may explain the confusion). - RBW.
Same tune
- The Doffin' Mistress (File: K220)
Cross references
- cf. "The Doffin' Mistress" (tune)
Recordings
- Robert Cinnamond, "The Apprentice Sailor" (on IRRCinnamond03)
References
- Greenleaf/Mansfield 107, "The Prentice Boy" (2 texts)
- Peacock, pp. 575-578, "A Prentice Boy in Love" (2 texts, 2 tunes)
- SHenry H739, p. 291, "The Sea Apprentice" (1 text, 1 tune)
- Creighton-NovaScotia 139, "Prentice Boy" (1 text, 1 tune)
- DT 579, PRENTICE
- Roud #1671
- BI, HHH739