Cecil Sharp's Note 94 (1916)

No. 94. A Brisk Young Sailor

This is one of the most popular of English folksongs. I have collected a large number of variants, from the several sets of which the words in the text have been compiled. For other versions see “There is an ale-house in yonder Town,” in the Journal of the Folk-Song Society (volume i, p. 252; volume ii, pp. 155, 158, 159, and 168; volume iii, p. 188).