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"William Taylor" (Roud 158, Laws N11) is a British folk song, often collected from traditional singers in England, less so in Scotland, Ireland, Canada and the USA. It tells the story of a young woman who adopts male dress and becomes a sailor (or sometimes a soldier) in order to search for her lover.
Other names for this song include As I Was Walking Up London Street, I Was Forced on Board to Serve My King, The Sailor Deceived, Sweet William (or Willie), and The Disappointed Sailor, and cowboy variants are called Cowboy's Girl, Following the Cow Trail and The Trail to Mexico. [1]
William Dillard (July 20, 1911 – January 16, 1995) [1] was an American jazz trumpeter, actor, and singer. [2] ... King of Babylon: Television film 1980 Barney Miller:
The songs are listed in the index by accession number, rather than (for example) by subject matter or in order of importance. Some well-known songs have low Roud numbers (for example, many of the Child Ballads), but others have high ones. Some of the songs were also included in the collection Jacobite Reliques by Scottish poet and novelist ...
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In the palace of the King of Babylon Howl ye, howl ye, therefore: For the day of the Lord is at hand! By the waters of Babylon, By the waters of Babylon There we sat down: yea, we wept And hanged our harps upon the willows. For they that wasted us Required of us mirth; They that carried us away captive Required of us a song. Sing us one of the ...
Here’s the true story of how a sailor named William Adams became the first westerner to reach that storied rank. William Adams was born in Kent in 1564. In later life, he recalled his childhood ...
William served in the Royal Navy in his youth, spending time in British North America and the Caribbean, and was later nicknamed the "Sailor King". In 1789, he was created Duke of Clarence and St Andrews. Between 1791 and 1811, he cohabited with the actress Dorothea Jordan, with whom he had ten children.