The Albion was wrecked on the Irish Coast at 4 AM, 4/22/1822
  
          2.It was the first of April from New York we set sail,
          Kind Neptune did protect us with a sweet and pleasant gale
          Until about the twentieth a storm then did arise,
          The raging billows loud did roar and dismal were the skies.
  
          9.Our passengers were twenty-seven, when from New York we came.
          Full twenty-five bold sailor lads as ever crossed the main;
          Full fifty-four, we had on board, when first we did set sail,
          Only nine escaped the wreck to tell the dreadful tale. 

"The Loss of the Albion," Forget Me Not Songster, 1835 or Minstrelsy of Maine, Fannie Eckstorm, 1927

Copyright © 2005, Abby Sale - all rights reserved