Marlborough Wreck, The

DESCRIPTION: "Come all you good people of every degree": people in the town of Marlboro are told to tremble when the see the coffins of five men who drowned when a storm struck a vessel at anchor on the Hudson. Only two survived. So stop sinning.
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1887 (Charles F. Cochrane, History of the Town of Marlborough, according to Nestler)
KEYWORDS: ship death storm wreck funeral warning
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REFERENCES (1 citation):
ADDITIONAL: Harold Nestler, "Songs from the Hudson Valley" (article in _New York Folklore Quarterly_, Volume V, #2, Summer 1949), pp. 84-86, "(no title)" (1 text)
NOTES [29 words]: Your standard, "I'm God, see what you made me do?" sort of piece. Since there is no logic behind its warnings, I very much doubt it persuaded anyone not already believing. - RBW
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