Hantoon, The

DESCRIPTION: Wexford barque Hantoon is off the coast of Portugal "when this cruel British monster on us came bearing down." Captain Neill tried "to save his ship and crew, But those cursed, heartless tyrants had cut our barque in two." Four of eleven are lost.
AUTHOR: William Martin, Slippery Green, Wexford
EARLIEST DATE: 1937 (Ranson-SongsOfTheWexfordCoast)
KEYWORDS: drowning sea ship wreck sailor
HISTORICAL REFERENCES:
Dec 27, 1881 - The Hantoon wreck
FOUND IN: Ireland
REFERENCES (1 citation):
Ranson-SongsOfTheWexfordCoast, pp. 46-47, "The Hantoon" (1 text, 1 tune)
Roud #7351
CROSS-REFERENCES:
cf. "The Fethard Life-Boat Crew (I)" (tune)
NOTES [37 words]: December 27, 1881: "'The Hantoon' ... was run down ... on the homeward voyage from Galatz"; four of the crew of eleven were lost. Galatz is "one hundred miles up the Danube" [p. 53]. (source: Ranson-SongsOfTheWexfordCoast) - BS
File: Ran046

Go to the Ballad Search form
Go to the Ballad Index Song List

Go to the Ballad Index Instructions
Go to the Ballad Index Bibliography or Discography