Brisk Young Sailor- Mrs. Richards (Glou) 1907 Sharp MS
[Two lines of 1st stanza given with music from Cecil Sharp Manuscript Collection (at Clare College, Cambridge) (CJS2/10/1285). Last lines filled in with standard text fitting melody.
R. Matteson 2017]
A Brisk Young Sailor- sung by Mrs. Richards of Little Sodbury, Gloucestershire on 2 April, 1907. Collector: Cecil J. Sharp.
A brisk young sailor came courting me
He robbed me of my sweet liberty
[My liberty and my good free will
Despite all his faults I love him still.]