Honour of Bristol, The

DESCRIPTION: "Attend you and give ear a while, and you shall understand Of a battle fought upon the seas by a ship of brave command." The "Angel Gabriel" fights three Spanish ships. They battle for seven hours, but the "Angel Gabriel" is victorious
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1905 (Stone-SeaSongsAndBallads); a song with the name "Honour of Bristow" was in William Thackeray's broadside catalog by 1690
KEYWORDS: battle ship Spain moniker
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REFERENCES (2 citations):
Palmer-OxfordBookOfSeaSongs 12, "The Honour of Bristol" (1 text)
Stone-SeaSongsAndBallads LVII, pp. 104-107, "The Honour of Bristol" (1 text)
Roud #V29012
NOTES [60 words]: Stone-SeaSongsAndBallads suggests that this was written around 1625, probably by Laurence Price, who has also been credited as the author of "Robin Hood's Golden Prize" [Child 147], "Love's Fierce Desire and Hope's of Recovery," and "The Seaman's Compass," although none of these attributions is firm and none of his songs seem to have done well in tradition. - RBW
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