Mahoney (Maloney)

DESCRIPTION: The cabin boy, Tom Bones, is washed overboard of the steamer New Orleans, bound for New York. Newfoundlander Bill Maloney "dressed out in oilskins" "made a leap and saved the boy." "Five brave British sailor boys" rescued them both.
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1951 (MUNFLA/Leach)
KEYWORDS: rescue sea ship ordeal drowning
FOUND IN: Canada(Newf)
Roud #18224
RECORDINGS:
Pat Sullivan, "Mahoney (Maloney)" (on MUNFLA/Leach)
File: RcMahMal

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