Death of Captain Friend, The

DESCRIPTION: "Come all kind friends and pray attend... Concerning Captain Elisha Friend, Whose voyage on earth did early end." His ship is wrecked. He and many crew are rescued, but his wife dies. He in turn dies eight months later
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1924 (Eckstorm/Smyth-MinstrelsyOfMaine)
KEYWORDS: ship wreck husband wife death
FOUND IN: US(NE)
REFERENCES (1 citation):
Eckstorm/Smyth-MinstrelsyOfMaine, pp. 293-295, "The Death of Captain Friend" (1 text)
Roud #4076
NOTES [7 words]: This is item dD30 in Laws's Appendix II. - RBW
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File: EcSm293

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