"Jackaroe" also known as "Jack Munro", "Jackie Monroe", "Jacky Robinson", "Jack-A-Roe", "Jack Monroe", "Jackaro", "Jackie Frazier", "Jack the Sailor", "Jack Went A-Sailing", "The Love of Polly and Jack Monroe" and "The Maid of Chatham" among other titles, is a traditional ballad of uncertain origin. American broadsides of the song date back to around 1830. This song has been collected 17 times in Scotland but has only been found twice in England ("The Maid of Chatham") by Sabine Baring-Gould in Devon in 1893 and as "Jacky Robinson" by Ralph Vaughan Williams in Essex. Several versions, all collected in the United States, are given in Sharp's English Folk Songs from the Southern Appalachians. It is number 268 in the Roud Index. This is one of the family of "female soldier" or "female sailor" songs which includes "The Handsome Cabin Boy" in the Sea Chanty Songs section. This version closely follows Joan Baez's recording.