A Sailor's Life

"A Sailor's Life"
Song
Published1700s
Songwriter(s)Traditional

"A Sailor’s Life" (Roud 273; Laws K12)[1] is an English language folk song which describes the attempt of a young woman to find her lover, a sailor. Eventually she hears that he has drowned and mourns him.

  1. ^ "Roud Index entries". Vaughan Williams Memorial Library. Retrieved 13 April 2015.