Loss of the Regulus (II), The

DESCRIPTION: The Regulus is lost "near Bay Bulls that awful night the sea was raging high, The fog was thick the rain fell fast." The singer prays for consolation for mothers, wives and children of those lost.
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1951 (MUNFLA-Leach)
KEYWORDS: grief death drowning mourning sea ship storm wreck children mother wife sailor
HISTORICAL REFERENCES:
Oct 23, 1910 - Wreck of the Regulus
FOUND IN: Canada(Newf)
Roud #6471
RECORDINGS:
Mrs. Frank Molloy, "Regalis" (on MUNFLA-Leach)
CROSS-REFERENCES:
cf. "The Loss of the Regulus (I)" (subject)
NOTES [18 words]: For background on the jinxed history of the Regulus, see the notes to "The Loss of the Regulus (I)." - RBW
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