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"The Girl I left Behind", also known as "The Girl I Left Behind Me", is an English folk song dating back to Elizabethan era.[1] It is said to have been played when soldiers left for war or a naval vessel set sail. According to other sources the song originated in 1758 when English Admirals Hawke and Rodney were observing the French fleet.[1] The first printed text of the song appeared in Dublin in 1791. A popular tune with several variations, "The Girl I Left Behind Me", may have been imported into America around 1650 as 'Brighton Camp',[2] of which a copy dating from around 1796 resides in the Bodleian Library, Oxford.