Six Men and One Woman Taken Off the Ice at Petty Harb'r

DESCRIPTION: "Come all you hardy Fishermen, And hark to what I say, And hear how six were rescued Near Petty Harbor Bay." Stranded overnight on the ice, they desperately signal for help. Spotted at last, the Ingraham comes to rescue them
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1909 (Harbour Grace Standard)
KEYWORDS: wreck rescue
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REFERENCES (1 citation):
Ryan/Small-HaulinRopeAndGaff, p. 80, "Six Men and One Woman Taken Off The Ice at Petty Harb'r" (1 text, 1 tune)
Roud #V44734
NOTES [60 words]: Although included in Ryan/Small-HaulinRopeAndGaff, I do not see why they consider this a sealing song. The Ingraham was not a sealing steamer, and there was no sealing captain named Dicks/Dix any time close to 1909, when this poem was published.
It is curious that the poem mentions the rescue ship's name, but not the name of the schooner that was wrecked. - RBW
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