Soldier Boy- Anna Bailey (NC) 1918 Sharp MS
[My title. Single stanza with music from: Cecil Sharp Manuscript Collection (at Clare College, Cambridge) (CJS2/10/4637).
R. Matteson 2017]
[Soldier Boy] Sweet William- sung by Anna Bailey of Burnsville, N. Carolina on 19 September, 1918.
Father, father, build me a boat
Over the ocean I may float,
And every king's ship I pass by,
There I'll enquire for my soldier boy.