The Annie Roberts

The schooner Annie Roberts left Sydney with a cargo of coal. The Revenor collided with the Annie and the schooner broke into two - 4 Newfoundland youths were killed, and there was one survivor. Their families now mourn for the lost seamen. Lehr, 1985, 3; Morgiana Halley discusses this song in her M....

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Main Author: West, Eric
Other Authors: Bennett, Joachim, Bold, Valentina
Language:unknown
Published: 1989
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Online Access:http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/munfla_list/id/1666
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Summary:The schooner Annie Roberts left Sydney with a cargo of coal. The Revenor collided with the Annie and the schooner broke into two - 4 Newfoundland youths were killed, and there was one survivor. Their families now mourn for the lost seamen. Lehr, 1985, 3; Morgiana Halley discusses this song in her M.A. Thesis "Marine Disasters in Newfoundland Folk Balladry.", 1989, 217