“Captain Burke”
Description
The singer ships on Captain Burke's Caroline, carrying a cargo of slaves. Sent aloft to reef sail in a storm, he and three others are hit by lightning and lose their sight. The singer wishes he could return to sea
Notes
Ranson's version makes the captain's name Gibson, the ship the _Gallant_, and [has] differences in wording that are strange but not strange enough to make me consider this not to be Laws K5. - BS
Cross references
- cf. "By the Lightning We Lost Our Sight" [Laws K6]
References
- Laws K5, "Captain Burke"
- Creighton-NovaScotia 54, "Captain Burke" (1 text, 1 tune)
- Ranson, pp. 24-25, "The Blind Sailors" (1 text, 1 tune)
- DT 556, CAPBURKE
- Roud #834
- BI, LK05