“Petty Harbour Bait Skiff”
Description
A bait skiff sails from Petty Harbour to Conception Bay in the spring and encounters a storm on their return in the summer. A rescue party is dispatched, but only a young fisherman named Menshon is saved.
Notes
Doyle mentions that he received the song from someone who was still alive when the book was compiled and remembered the events fully. However, the recording, "Another Time: Songs of Newfoundland," notes that John Grace wrote the song in 1852, which was almost ninety years before Doyle published it. - SH
References
- Fowke/MacMillan 13, "The Petty Harbour Bait Skiff" (1 text, 1 tune)
- Doyle2, pp. 48-49, "Petty Harbour Bait Skiff" (1 text, 1 tune)
- Doyle3, pp. 46-47, "Petty Harbour Bait Skiff" (1 text, 1 tune)
- Lehr/Best 87, "The Petty Harbour Bait Skiff" (1 text, 1 tune)
- Blondahl, pp. 99-101, "The Petty Harbour Bait Skiff" (1 text, 1 tune)
- DT, BAITSKIF*
- Roud #4410
- BI, Doy48