Sailor Boy- Mr. Gordge (Som) 1906 Sharp MS

Sailor Boy- Mr. Gordge (Som) 1906 Sharp MS

[Single stanza with music from Cecil Sharp Manuscript Collection (at Clare College, Cambridge) (CJS2/10/739).

R. Matteson 2017]

Sailor Boy- sung by Mr Gordge of Bridgwater, Somerset, January 2, 1906.

It's father father build me a boat
that on the ocean that I may float
And the very first King's ship that I pass by
I will enquire for my sailor boy.