In Seaport Town- Julie Boone (NC) 1918 Sharp MS
[Single stanza with music from Sharp's MS. The 1932 notes English Folk Songs from the Southern Appalachians follow.
R. Matteson 2016]
No. 48. In Seaport Town.
Texts without tunes :—Journal of American Folk-Lore, xx. 259; xxix 168. Cox's Folk Songs of the South, p. 305 (see also further references).
Texts with tunes:—Journal of the Folk-Song Society, i. 160; ii. 42; v. 123. Miss Broadwood's Traditional Songs and Carols, p. 28. Folk Songs from Somerset, No. 12 (also published in English Folk-Songs, Selected Edition, i. 4, and One Hundred
English Folk-Songs, p. 4). Journal of American Folk-Lore, xxxv. 359.
Sharp diary 1918 page 279. Thursday 3 October 1918 - Burnsville
So we trained to Micaville and then went to the Ivey’s. Mrs I. was up and a good deal better but still looking pretty bad. They said Mrs Boone was still there so arranged to come back at 3 p.m. and get her to sing again. Then we tramped on to Cave Branch and eat our lunch close by the Baptist Church. A man passing saw us, said ‘good morning’ and then said smiling "Fixing to eat, I see!" Then we walked up the Branch to Mrs Ef. Chrisom who sang us some very good songs and will probably remember more. We returned about 3 to Mrs Ivey’s where Julie Boone sang me several more. They were all very nice and friendly to us.
In Seaport Town -sung by Julie Boone, on 3 October, 1918; icaville, N. Carolina. Collected by Cecil J. Sharp.
In Seaport Town there lived a merchant,
He had two sons and a daughter.
And among them was the servant boy,
Was the daughter's dearest boy.