Sailor Boy- Tony Ballinger (Glos) 1977 Davies
[Fragment from Gwilym Davies Collection, Roud 18828, recording sent to me by Gwilym Davies.
R. Matteson 2017]
Sailor Boy- sung by Tony Ballinger of Brockworth. Recorded by Gwilym Davies, Upton St. Leonards, Gloucestershire on 14 April, 1977.
[He went upstairs to his] daughter’s room
And found her hanging from a beam
He took a knife and cut her down,
And on her breast this note was found.
I wish, I wish my child was born,
And all my troubles they had gone;
So dig my grave and dig it deep,
And lay sweet lilies at my feet.
Now all you maidens bear in mind,
A sailor’s love is hard to find;
So if you get one good and true,
Don’t change the old one for the new.