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| This song appeared in the Journal of Folksong Society in 1907. It was collected by H. E. D. Hammond in Dorset in 1906.* It later appeared in Hammond's Folk Songs from Dorset (1908). |
Poor Sally sits a-weeping Down by the seaside, Poor Sally sits a-weeping Down by the seaside. What ails my pretty jewel? What heart's pain so cruel? What ails my pretty jewel, That do cause her for to cry? Oh! I am uneasy And troubled in mind, Oh! I am uneasy And troubled in mind. Here's no joy nor pleasure, Here's sorrow none can measure, Here's no joy nor pleasure In this world can I find. Now once had I a sweetheart, But now have I none, Now once had I a sweetheart, But now have I none. He's gone and he's leaved me, He's gone, he's deceived me, He's gone and he's leaved me In sorrow for to mourn. If he had but a-loved me, As he did pretend, If he had but a-loved me, As he did pretend, He never would have leaved me, Nor never have deceived me, He never would have leaved me Until my life's end. Oh! it's I will go seek him Since he's gone from me, Oh! it's I will go seek him Since he's gone from me. A ship, love, I will enter, My sweet life I'll venture, A ship, love, I will enter, And cross the salt sea. Here's a bunch of blue ribbon I'll wear for his sake, Here's a bunch of blue ribbon I'll wear for his sake; And that shall be my mourning, My mourning, my mourning, And that shall be my mourning Till death me do take. |
| From English County Folk Songs See Bibliography for full information. *Information from Steve Roud's Folksong Index. |
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