There are lots of wicked folk songs about this! Sometimes the woman is cross-dressing to be with her true love on a troop-ship, or because he is a ship's captain, as in
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There are lots of wicked folk songs about this! Sometimes the woman is cross-dressing to be with her true love on a troop-ship, or because he is a ship's captain, as in <a href = "http://www.mudcat.org/@displaysong.cfm?SongID=1982" The Female Sailor Bold" </a>.
Sometimes she's just seeking adventure, as in <a href = "http://tadpole.mytunebook.de/songs/cabinboy.htm"> The Handsome Cabin Boy </a>. As in your story above, childbirth finally blows her cover, but not before she gets romantically involved with both the captain and his wife. "Eating of the captain's biscuit her colour did destroy!"
Another thing that sometimes blows the cover of a cross-dressing female sailor is when she is forced to reveal her secret because another girl falls in love with her, as in the case of <a href = "http://sniff.numachi.com/pages/tiSAILMAID;ttSAILMAID.html"> The Handsome Young Sailor </a>.
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Date: 2007-02-05 06:55 pm (UTC)Sometimes she's just seeking adventure, as in <a href = "http://tadpole.mytunebook.de/songs/cabinboy.htm"> The Handsome Cabin Boy </a>. As in your story above, childbirth finally blows her cover, but not before she gets romantically involved with both the captain and his wife. "Eating of the captain's biscuit her colour did destroy!"
Another thing that sometimes blows the cover of a cross-dressing female sailor is when she is forced to reveal her secret because another girl falls in love with her, as in the case of <a href = "http://sniff.numachi.com/pages/tiSAILMAID;ttSAILMAID.html"> The Handsome Young Sailor </a>.
This sounds like a fun research topic!