Petty Harbour Bait Skiff [Mercer]

All but one man of a bait skiff crew drown when their boat overturns in a gale. Mercer: Bennett, 1973: 20 etc.; Genevieve Lehr, "Come and I Will Sing You", p. 153; Blondahl "Newfs Sing" p. 99; Mills, "Favourite Songs", p. 29; Murphy, "Old Songs of Newfoundland"...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: O'Brien, A.
Other Authors: Rossiter, Matthew, Morrison, M.
Language:unknown
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Online Access:http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/munfla_list/id/3680
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Summary:All but one man of a bait skiff crew drown when their boat overturns in a gale. Mercer: Bennett, 1973: 20 etc.; Genevieve Lehr, "Come and I Will Sing You", p. 153; Blondahl "Newfs Sing" p. 99; Mills, "Favourite Songs", p. 29; Murphy, "Old Songs of Newfoundland", p. 4; Murphy, "Songs Their Fathers Sang" p. 8; Murphy, "Songs and Ballads of Newfoundland, Ancient and Modern"; Doyle (27) p. 55; Doyle 1940] p. 48 etc.