Sailor's Life- James Lovell (Som) 1908 Sharp MS
[Single stanza with music from Cecil Sharp Manuscript Collection (at Clare College, Cambridge) (CJS2/10/1739).
R. Matteson 2017]
A Sailor's Life (Sweet William) sung by James Lovell of Ball Covert, Somerset on July 31, 1908.
A sailor's life is a weary life
They rob young women of their heart's delight
They go and leave them for to [sigh] and mourn
And never know when they might return.