Fisherman and His Child

DESCRIPTION: "The fisherman and his child are drowned Came ringing through the town." "The poor wife and mother prayed aloud." "'Twas the voice of their God that they heard." The two are found on the beach after the storm ends, faces calm, hands raised as if in prayer
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1882 (ColemanAndMcCarthyChampionSongBook)
KEYWORDS: fishing ship death mother father children
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REFERENCES (1 citation):
ColemanAndMcCarthyChampionSongBook, p. 49, "The Fisherman and His Child" (1 text)
Roud #9095
NOTES [33 words]: ColemanAndMcCarthyChampionSongBook says this was "sung by Tom Dixon... and made Popular by James O'Neil," but the only online references I found who list a performer associate it with Eva Tanguay. - RBW
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File: CMCS049

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