Wreck of the Morrissey, The

DESCRIPTION: Captain Charles Bailey takes the Morrissey from St Mary's Bay to Cape Breton. He picks up a load of fish at Bonne Bay and heads out to the Gulf of St Lawrence in spite of a hurricane.
AUTHOR: Nick Kane
EARLIEST DATE: 1958 (Peacock)
KEYWORDS: sea ship storm wreck
FOUND IN: Canada(Newf)
REFERENCES (1 citation):
Peacock, pp. 981-982, "The Wreck of the Morrissey" (1 text, 1 tune)
Roud #9815
RECORDINGS:
Everett Bennett, "The Wreck of the Morrissey" (on PeacockCDROM) [one verse only]
NOTES [123 words]: The wreck and captain's name are reported in Northern Shipwrecks Database as occurring at Lat 46N Long 060W but with no date or further details. Those coordinates are on the east coast of Cape Breton Island near Mira Bay. - BS
Which fact fits with the song, since it says that the Morrissey sailed to Cape Breton, although the crew seems to have been mostly Newfoundlanders. But the song as preserved offers very little useful information. The boat involved probably is not the famous Effie M. Morrissey, for which see "The Mary L. Mackay" and "Captain Bob Bartlett," because the Effie M. Morrissey still exists and is preserved as a monument (although she had a bad fire in 1949 which could have been said to have wrecked her). - RBW
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