The Spanish Lady
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Original Track ID
SA1969.52
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Summary
In this song, a young man tries to court a woman by offering wealth and comfort, but she rejects all these, saying all she wants is a handsome sailor.
Ethel Findlater learned this song from her cousin Bella about fifty-five years before. Bella sang a chorus after every two verses, though Ethel thinks even that is too often.
Item Notes
8 verses of 4 lines with refrain of 4 lines after verses 2, 5 and 8.
See:
'Tocher' 5 (1972) pp. 166-167
Greig-Duncan vol. 4, pp. 66-71, no. 746
'Folk Songs of North America' (A. Lomax, 1960) p. 314
'More Irish Street Ballads' (C. O Lochlainn, 1978) p. 243
'Songs the Whalemen Sang' (G. Huntington, 1964) pp. 194-195
'Sam Henry's Songs of the People' (G. Huntington, 1990) p. 367
'Till Doomsday in the Afternoon' (E. MacColl & P. Seeger, 1986) p. 222
'Walton's New Treasury of Irish Songs & Ballads' vol. 2 (Dublin, 1966) pp. 136-137
Language
English
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Collection
Source Type
Reel to reel
Audio Quality
Good