Fifteen Ships on Georges' Banks [Laws D3]

DESCRIPTION: A great storm strikes Georges' Banks in February, 1862. Fifteen ships from Gloucester are caught in the storm; all ships are lost and most if not all of the crews. The sad fate of the families of the lost is mentioned
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1874 ("Ballads and Songs of the Sea compiled by Procter Brothers," according to Lane/Gosbee-SongsOfShipsAndSailors)
KEYWORDS: storm disaster ship sea death
HISTORICAL REFERENCES:
Feb 24, 1862 - The great storm of George's Banks. Fifteen ships are lost; thirteen of them go down with all hands
FOUND IN: US(NE) Canada(Mar,Newf)
REFERENCES (10 citations):
Laws D3, "Fifteen Ships on Georges' Banks"
Eckstorm/Smyth-MinstrelsyOfMaine, pp. 281-286, "Fifteen Ships on George's Banks" (3 texts)
Beck-FolkloreOfMaine, pp. 210-212, "Fifteen Ships on George's Bank" (1 text)
Ives-FolksongsFromMaine 10, "Fifteen Ships on Georges' Banks" (1 text, 1 tune)
Lane/Gosbee-SongsOfShipsAndSailors, pp. 62-63, "Fifteen Ships on Georges Banks" (1 text, 1 tune, composite)
Greenleaf/Mansfield-BalladsAndSeaSongsOfNewfoundland 129, "George's Bank" (1 text)
Leach-TheBalladBook, pp. 781-783, "Fifteen Ships on George's Banks" (1 text)
Leach-HeritageBookOfBallads, pp. 159-161, "Fifteen Ships on George's Banks" (1 text)
Darling-NewAmericanSongster, pp. 182-183, "Fifteen Ships of Georges' Banks" (1 text)
DT 610, GEORGES
Roud #2229
File: LD03

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