Sailor Boy- A. K. Moore (NC) c.1915 Greer LV4
[From MS in I. G. Greer Collection: Sailor Boy, Lyric Variant 04.
R. Matteson 2017]
Sailor Boy- MS from A.K. Moore [edited] from I. G. Greer collection about 1915.
Dark is the color of a true loves hair,
His cheeks is like a lily fa1r.
Oh if he would return it would give me joy,
I never loved nothing but my sweet Sailor Boy.
Papa, papa build me a boat,
Down the river I will float.
Every ship that I pass by
I will listen for Sweet Willie's cry.
"Captain, Captain tell me true.
Does my Sweet Willie sail with you?"
"No, he does not sail with me,
He sleeps in the bottom of the deep blue sea."
Go dig my grave both deep and wide,
Place to stones at my head and feet.
On my breast place a mourning dove,
To show to the world that I died for love.