Massacre of the Whole of the Passengers and Part of the Crew of the Sea Horse, The

DESCRIPTION: "You landsmen and you seamen bold, Attention give to me, While I a tragedy unfold Upon the briney sea." Sailors on the "Sea Horse," from Australia, drug and murder the passengers and crew in order to take the gold, but another ship captures them
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1964 (Anderson-FarewellToOldEngland); Anderson dates his broadside c. 1854
KEYWORDS: drugs homicide ship gold
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REFERENCES (1 citation):
Anderson-FarewellToOldEngland, pp. 199-200, "The Massacre of the Whole of the Passengers and Part of the Crew of the Sea Horse" (1 text)
Roud #V41926
File: AnFa199

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