Sailor Boy- Dol Small (VA) 1918 Sharp I
[My title. Single stanza with music from EFSSA, 1932 Sharp I,
R. Matteson 2017]
I. [Sailor Boy] Sung by Mr. DOL SMALL at Nellysford, Va., May 22, 1918
Heptatonic. Mixolydian influence.
Go father, go father, go build me a boat
That on the ocean I may float,
And ev'ry ship that passes by,
O there I'll enquire for my sailor boy.