Loss of the Gertie, The (The Loss of the Guernsey)

DESCRIPTION: The Guernsey sails from Trepassey "wit' fish and oil on borad of her" and is overtaken by wind and snow. The wreckage is found the next morning. The song speculates about how the wreck happened, lists the crew and calls for prayers for those lost
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1951 (MUNFLA-Leach)
KEYWORDS: death drowning sea ship storm wreck sailor
HISTORICAL REFERENCES:
Dec 5, 1934 - Schooner Gertie lost at Trepassey (per Northern Shipwrecks Database)
FOUND IN: Canada(Newf)
Roud #30138
RECORDINGS:
Mike Welsh, "The Loss of the Guernsey" (on MUNFLA-Leach)
NOTES [43 words]: Frank Galgay and Michael McCarthy, Shipwrecks of Newfoundland and Labrador, [Volume I], Harry Cuff Publishing, 1987, p. 82, have a slightly different report of the Gertie: "Schooner, sailed out of Trepassy. Lost with all hands at Calvert 4 Dec 1934." - RBW
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