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In a stream of calm our good ship lay
No full textShip caught in a heavy gale and almost sinks because the captain is a drunk. One of the men mutinies and takes over the ship and manages to get her home safely.Laws, NAB, dD52: Creighton, SBNS, p. 230; Mercer: English, p.5; Leach, p. 118; Peacock, p. 871; CFMJ: FH Index, 10/12/4
We were bound home in October from the shore of Labrador.
No full textAn account of the stuggle to keep the ship from floundering in the cliffs of Baccalieu.Mercer: Nolan (1974), p. 13
What peaceful hours I once enjoyed
No full textHymn 582, p. 409 in "The Book of Common Prayer"."The Book of Common Prayer" p. 409, hymn 582
Give ear to me you gallant band
No full textStory of the sinking of the "Golden Arrow" near Lance a'Calm. All hands were lost except one. It happened on October 23rd.Mercer: Burke, 1912:22
Ye hearty sons of Newfoundland
No full textStormy weather on George's Banks causes many ships to sink. A ship's crew head back to Newfoundland ahead of a gale. They have trouble at Cape Race and eleven men are washed overboard. The singer suggests the listeners stay home in Newfoundland.Mercer: Leach, p. 204; Peacock, p. 916; Greenleaf, p. 306
I'll go to the ice and I'll make a bill
No full textSung by sealers to the tune of "The Girl I Left Behind Me".Mercer: Byrnes (1931), p. 149; Murphy (1927), p. 19; Ryan & Small, p. 134 (reprinted from Murphy)
You landsmen all on you I call
No full textAccount of the poor weather and fishing at Gull Cove.Lehr (1985): 85; MR, 22