Historical trivia...
I went looking for a song to give Slim a hint about the birth name. The Google search led me to Stephen Adams, aka Michael Maybrick. Michael Maybrick wrote ballads and for a long time was paired with Frederick E. Weatherly, who is often credited with the lyrics to the song "Danny Boy." This is of interest to me because I have a firearm named Danny Boy, in large part because of that song. The thought pattern was: Anyone looking down the business end of this Dan Wesson had better start singing "Danny Boy," because, indeed, the pipes are going to be calling for him. Heh heh heh.
Anyway, it was a neat connection, for I did not know that they collaborated on the ballad I was seeking. The same ballad that would give Slim the birth name.
When were these ballads written? In the 1880s, right smack in our time period.
To me, that's pretty derned cool.
AnnieLee
"Nancy Lee"?
"Of all the wives as e'er you know,
Yeo ho! lads, ho! Yeo ho! Yeo ho!
There's none like Nancy Lee, I trow,
Yeo ho! Yeo ho! Yeo ho!
See there she stands and waves her hands
Upon the quay, and every day
When I'm away she'll watch for me,
And whisper low when tempests blow,
For Jack at sea,
Yeo ho! lads, ho! Yeo ho!
Chorus
The sailor's wife the sailor's star shall be,
Yeo ho! We go across the sea;
The sailor's wife the sailor's star shall be,
The sailor's wife his star shall be!
The harbor's past, the breezes blow,
Yeo ho! lads, ho! Yeo ho! Yeo ho!
'Tis long ere we come back, I know,
Yeo ho! Yeo ho! Yeo ho!
But true and bright from morn till night
My home will be, and all so neat,
And snug and sweet, for Jack at sea;
And Nancy's face to bless the place,
And welcome me;
Yeo ho! lads, ho! Yeo ho!
Chorus
The bosun pipes the watch below,
Yeo ho! lads, ho! Yeo ho! Yeo ho!
Then here's a health afore we go,
Yeo ho! Yeo ho! Yeo ho!
A long, long life to my sweet wife,
And mates at sea, and keep our bones
From Davy Jones, where-e'er we be,
And may you meet a mate as sweet
As Nancy Lee.
Yeo ho! lads, ho! Yeo ho!"