The Golden Vanity- J.G.M (VT) 1904 Barry JOAFL (also Flanders O)
[My title. Barry gave two versions in his article- this is the B version. The singer was later identified (Flanders O) as J.G. Marcy
R. Matteson 2014]
Traditional Ballads in New England I
by Phillips Barry
The Journal of American Folklore, Vol. 18, No. 69 (Apr. - Jun., 1905), pp. 123-138
1. THE GOLDEN VANITY
B. [The Golden Vanity] Taken down by me, October 2, 1904, from the singing of J. G. M., Newbury, Vt.
1. Once there was a ship in the Northern Counteree,
The title she went under was the Golden Vanity,
Supposed to have been taken by a Turkish canoe,
And sunken in the Lowlands low.
Lowlands, Lowlands low,
And sunken in the Lowlands low.
2 The first on the deck was the little Cabin Boy,
Saying, " Master, what'll you give me, if the ship I will destroy?"
"My gold I will give you, my daughter for a bride,
If you'll sink her in the Lowlands low!"
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. . . . . . bored holes three times three,
And sunk her in the Lowlands low.