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05 Nov 98 - 09:50 AM (#44323) Subject: The Wreck of the Ellen Munn From: Margot jbw@iname.com I'm looking for the lyrics to the Wreck of the Ellen Munn |
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05 Nov 98 - 11:16 AM (#44335) Subject: RE: The Wreck of the Ellen Munn From: Wolfgang Hell Margot, a long shot: If you mean "Ellen Vannen" (Vanin, Vannin) it has been in the forum long time ago: try here to check. Wolfgang |
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05 Nov 98 - 12:31 PM (#44341) Subject: RE: The Wreck of the Ellen Munn From: Joe Offer Folk-Legacy Records has a Gordon Bok cassette called JEREMY BROWN AND JEANNIE TEAL that has a song called "The Schooner Ellen Munn," but I don't have that album myself. I also found This site, which has a link to "The Ballad of the Ellen Munn," but the link is dead and I didn't have time to tour the entire site. I e-mailed the guy who operates the site and asked him for information. Maybe those leads will be a good start for somebody. I swear I heard the song somewhere. -Joe Offer- |
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05 Nov 98 - 01:40 PM (#44349) Subject: RE: The Wreck of the Ellen Munn From: Ivan Munn I had a link on my site to the words of the ballad, but as Joe pointed out above, it doesn't work any more. The Ellen Munn was a Newfoundland sailing schooner lost in a storm in Labrador. I put up the link because I thought it was interesting and I hadn't looked at it for some time. I ran a quick search to see if I could find a new url for it, but no luck. I'll do some serious looking later or I'll have to drop the link. Ivan |
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05 Nov 98 - 01:44 PM (#44351) Subject: Lyr Add: THE LOSS OF THE ELLEN MUNN From: Joe Offer THE LOSS OF THE ELLEN MUNN Oh, it happened to be on Christmas Day, "Twas from King's Cove we sailed away, As we were bound up to Goose Bay The Ellen to repair. When we left the wind was down, We headed her up for Newman's Sound, The Ellen, my boys, she did lose ground, Fell off for Little Denier. The wind veered to the west-sou'west And Barrow Harbour we could not fetch. The gale grew blustering down the retch - 'Twas near the close of day. So to Dark Hole we ran her in, And waited there for a half-free wind, The twenty-seventh to begin Our anchors for to weigh. Next morning then our hearts were light, We ran her up for the standing ice Thinking that all things were right As you may understand. Till from below there came a roar: "There's water up to the cabin floor." The signals of distress did soar For help from off the land. The men into the hold did make, The women to the pumps did take In hopes that they might stop the leak And beach her in a trice. But water still came tumbling in - Against the flow we could not win. The Skipper's voice rose o'er the din: "All hands get on the ice." Now to our very sad mistake We found the ice was very weak. We had to carry and to take The children to the ground. Poor Tommy Rolland scratched his head: "For God's sake, Skipper, save me bed!" Immediately the words were said The Ellen she went down. Early next morning we bid adieu To bring down Tommy Rolland's crew. We landed them in Plate cove too For to walk down the shore. Repeating often he did say: "I'll never be caught up in Goose Bay. If I ever get out of it today I'll trouble it no more." Tom Holloway lives on Goose Bay shore His father and two brothers more - All hardy men to ply an oar - Westward that day did wend. A pair of boots, a barrel of flour They salvaged working half an hour, And leather for Joe Horney for Susannah's boots to mend. And now to close take this advice: Don't ever trust the new-made ice. 'Twill hold and squeeze you like a vice, 'Twill shave your planks away, Till finally they're cut so thin Through your seam the seas come in, And when a sea voyage you begin, Don't sail on Christmas Day. Source: The Penguin Book of Canadian Folk Songs, Edith Fowke, 1973. I'll post the tune and other information tonight. Gotta go work for a living. -Joe Offer- |
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06 Nov 98 - 01:44 AM (#44424) Subject: Tune Add: THE LOSS OF THE ELLEN MUNN From: Joe Offer Notes (from Edith Fowke)This is quite a light-hearted treatment of a shipwreck - this time the ship was close enough to land so that no lives were lost. King's Cove and Plate Cove are on the east side of Bonavista Bay (Newfoundland); Little Denier is an island at the mouth of Newman Sound on the west side. The area is prone to wrecks: a village on the point is named Salvage. Fowke had no information about the author or date. -Joe Offer- MIDI file: LOSSOF~1.MID Timebase: 192 Name: The Loss of the Ellen Munn This program is worth the effort of learning it. To download the March 10 MIDItext 98 software and get instructions on how to use it click here ABC format: X:1
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07 Nov 98 - 10:33 AM (#44609) Subject: RE: The Wreck of the Ellen Munn From: Ivan Munn Joe, Thanks for the copy of the words. I've now put the poem up on my page so I won't have to worry about broken links in future. Ivan |
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09 Nov 98 - 04:09 PM (#44679) Subject: RE: The Wreck of the Ellen Munn From: Margot Thank you all so much for your help! |
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04 Oct 05 - 06:34 AM (#1575323) Subject: RE: The Wreck of the Ellen Munn From: GUEST,Alex CF John Goodluck sings a good version of this, called just "The Wreck of the Ellen", (fairly close apart from missing the penultimate verse) on "Monday's Childe". Incidentally this album has now been re-released on CD by John, (hurrah!) -> http://www.john.goodluck.btinternet.co.uk/ |
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04 Oct 05 - 07:19 AM (#1575342) Subject: RE: The Wreck of the Ellen Munn From: GUEST,Robin Madge Once I read the words posted above I remembered that it is on a Dave Walters LP, either "Kites" or "Innocence and Experience". Robin Madge |