“The Loss of the Druid”

Description

The Druid is "a schooner of fame" -- for the wrong reasons; "Jimmy Jackson, her owner, a miser was he, Too greedy to fit out his vessel for sea." A storm blows up, the mainmast is lost, the pumps don't work, and "the water she made was dreadful to see"

Notes

This song is item dD37 in Laws's Appendix II. - RBW

Historical references

• 1878 - Loss of the Druid while en route from Lunenburg, Nova Scotia to the West Indies

References

1. Doerflinger, p. 195, "The Loss of the Druid" (1 text, 1 tune)
2. Roud #4082
3. BI, Doe195