Wreck of the 'Mary Summers', The

DESCRIPTION: "Oh, the Mary Summers as you will see, Loaded in St. Andrews for the old countrie." An ocean-going freighter encounters heavy weather and begins leaking. The crew pumps for a week to no avail, but are rescued by the William Bradley.
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1960 (Fowke/MacMillan-PenguinBookOfCanadianFolkSongs)
KEYWORDS: wreck rescue sea ship
FOUND IN: Canada(Mar)
REFERENCES (1 citation):
Fowke/MacMillan-PenguinBookOfCanadianFolkSongs 14, "The Wreck of the 'Mary Summers'" (1 text, 1 tune)
Roud #4473
NOTES [50 words]: From Fowke/MacMillan-PenguinBookOfCanadianFolkSongs: "Collected from Charles Cates in Vancouver, 1960. Cates said he had the song from his father, an East Coast seaman, who said the Mary Summers was a Nova Scotia ship, though there is no record of her in Canadian or British shipping registers." - SL
File: FowM014

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