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song n "Noa, b'y," the skipper answered, "but I'll get there, whatever." The nose of the Heavenly Rest was turned shoreward. Sang the skipper, humming it to himself in a rasping sing-song: "When Joe Bett's P'int you is abreast, Dane's Rock bears due...
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ftmemorialunivdc:oai:collections.mun.ca:elrcdne/44667 2023-12-31T10:19:32+01:00 song 1980/01/xx image/jpeg 1 index card http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/44667 eng eng S 1905 DUNCAN 35 SHIPS IN PERIL 35 ii 183 = Dean Rock ii, 178 References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database 18315 S_18315_song n http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/44667 Department of Folklore Original held in the Department of Folklore. Memorial University of Newfoundland. Department of Folklore English language--Dialects--Newfoundland and Labrador Text Manuscript 1980 ftmemorialunivdc 2023-12-04T11:29:39Z song n "Noa, b'y," the skipper answered, "but I'll get there, whatever." The nose of the Heavenly Rest was turned shoreward. Sang the skipper, humming it to himself in a rasping sing-song: "When Joe Bett's P'int you is abreast, Dane's Rock bears due west. West-nor'west you must steer, 'Til Brimstone Head do appear. "The tickle's narrow, not very wide; The deepest water's on the starboard side When in the harbour you is shot, Four fathoms you has got." The old song was chart enough for Skip- per Zachariah. Three times the [i] Heavenly Rest [-] ran in and out. Then she sighted Dane's Rock, which bore due west, true enough. West-nor'west was the course she followed, running blindly through the fog and heeling to the wind. Brimstone Head appeared in due time; and in due time the rocks of the tickle - that narrow entrance to the harbour - appeared in vague, forbid- ding form to port and starboard. The W Kirwin 1/80 JH 1/80 [-] telltale [-] File at _song_. Not used Not used Not used Manuscript Newfoundland Memorial University of Newfoundland: Digital Archives Initiative (DAI) |
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song n "Noa, b'y," the skipper answered, "but I'll get there, whatever." The nose of the Heavenly Rest was turned shoreward. Sang the skipper, humming it to himself in a rasping sing-song: "When Joe Bett's P'int you is abreast, Dane's Rock bears due west. West-nor'west you must steer, 'Til Brimstone Head do appear. "The tickle's narrow, not very wide; The deepest water's on the starboard side When in the harbour you is shot, Four fathoms you has got." The old song was chart enough for Skip- per Zachariah. Three times the [i] Heavenly Rest [-] ran in and out. Then she sighted Dane's Rock, which bore due west, true enough. West-nor'west was the course she followed, running blindly through the fog and heeling to the wind. Brimstone Head appeared in due time; and in due time the rocks of the tickle - that narrow entrance to the harbour - appeared in vague, forbid- ding form to port and starboard. The W Kirwin 1/80 JH 1/80 [-] telltale [-] File at _song_. Not used Not used Not used |
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S 1905 DUNCAN 35 SHIPS IN PERIL 35 ii 183 = Dean Rock ii, 178 References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database 18315 S_18315_song n http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/44667 |
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