A Sailor's Life - Robert Barratt (Dors) 1905 Hammond
[Single stanza from Henry Hammond Manuscript Collection (HAM/2/10/20). Variant of D, unusual last two lines.
R. Matteson 2017]
A Sailor's Life - Robert Barratt of Piddletown Dorset in September, 1905.
A sailor's life is a merry life:
To rob young girls of their heart's delight,
Of their heart's delight and their money too:
And when they're gone they'll bid adieu.