Mournful Tragedy: Lines on the Drownng of Six Young Men

DESCRIPTION: "Young men who in this city live or in the Pine Tree state" should beware. Seven men went sailing in Portland. A gale blew up and six were drowned; one survived by swimming. It will be our turn to die soon
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1850 (original broadside, according too Lane/Gosbee-SongsOfShipsAndSailors)
KEYWORDS: sailor death religious
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REFERENCES (1 citation):
Lane/Gosbee-SongsOfShipsAndSailors, pp. 192-193, "Mournful Tragedy: Lines on the Drownng of Six Young Men" (1 text, 1 tune)
NOTES [32 words]: This piece makes me regret that we don't have a keyword "why-did-they-bother?" I can't imagine why Lane/Gosbee-SongsOfShipsAndSailors included it; there is no hint that it is traditional. - RBW
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