minstrel: Love going to sea

[Heather Rose Jones]

>I just heard a song called "In London So Fair", about a sailor who 
>takes leave of his love to go to sea, and she follows him (disguised 
>as a lad), eventually reveals herself to him, and they wed and live 
>together at sea.
>Anyone have lyrics to this?
>Or know of other songs where lady successfully follows lad to sea 
>(or to war)?  There are certainly plenty of songs where the lady is 
>left behind, with various results.  It was enjoyable to hear this 
>one.

For a scholarly treatment of this genre more generally (i.e., woman 
disguised as man follows lover to sea or in the army), try Diane 
Dugaw's "Warrior Women and Popular Balladry 1650-1850" (University of 
Chicago Press, 1996).

Tangwystyl
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Heather Rose Jones
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