Poor Jack is Gone a-Sailing

This item is part of the W. Amos Abrams Folksong Collection, which includes some 400 individual song titles, most of which have multiple variants. Dr. Abrams recorded songs primarily from the Appalachian region of North Carolina from 1938 to 1946 and transcribed them in 1973. Like the I. G. Greer Collection, the titles contained in Abrams’ collection range from traditional Child Ballads to 19th century popular music to compositions of local origin.

North Carolina--Songs and music

Sailors--Songs and music

Male impersonators --Songs and music

Love--Songs and music

Marriage--Songs and music

Folk music--Appalachian Region

Jacky, the Sailor Boy, War Song, The Brisk Young Plow Boy, Men's Clothes I Will Put On, The Banks of the Nile, The Sailor's Sweetheart, Lily, Lily Oh, Jackie Fraisure, The Merchant's Daughter, Jackie Frazier, Poor Jack's Gone to War, Jack Went A-Sailing

W. L. Eury Appalachian Collection, Appalachian State University

1937

Abrams, W. Amos (William Amos), 1904-1991

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Song texts

English

Text

1930s

Jack Munro

Mary Bost, 1917-1979(?). Mrs. John S. Bost [J Anne Bost], 1901-?

J. Anne Bost mother of Mary. Mary student of Dr. Abrams.

Brown Older Ballads - Mostly British - 99(B), Randolph 42, Cox 98, Laws N 7, Combs 99, Sharp 65