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Lyr Add: The Loss of the Ship Jane Maria
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Subject: LYR ADD: The Loss of the Ship Jane Maria From: Dan Milner Date: 06 Jan 99 - 01:53 PM The Loss of the Jane Maria
Come all you gallant seaman bold that plow the raging main
On the 15th of November last we sailed from Belfast Quay
For 18 days we sailed the sea, right well the wind did blow
Out upon the deck that night we all had to remain
We then launched out our long boat upon the ocean wide
We hoist a signal of distress, that they could plainly see.
Now to conclude and make an end, I have no more to say. Source: Text - adapted from a ballad sheet at Trinity College Library, Dublin; tune - sea ballad, "The Banks of Newfoundland" (NB: NOT the "Van Dieman's Land" melody). Book: Robert L. Wright's Irish Emigrant Ballads and Songs. Recording: Dan Milner, "Irish Ballads & Songs of the Sea," Folk-Legacy CD-124, 1998.
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