“The Middlesex Flora”
Description
Bound from London in a storm, "the proud waves did beat her to staves, her name was The Middlesex Flora, and they did sweep our men to the deep." Strangers on the coast pick up the rich cargo. Captain James Bell and the lost crew of thirteen are named.
Historical references
- 1825: "Middlesex Flora of London was wrecked at Dundrum... en route from Barcelona to Belfast.... Twenty four were drowned." (source: Bourke in _Shipwrecks of the Irish Coast_ v2, p. 25; Irish Wrecks Online site)
Cross references
- cf. "Mariposa" (theme)
- cf. "The Teapots at the Fire" (theme)
- cf. "The Old Mayflower" (theme)
- cf. "The Irrawaddy" (theme)
Broadsides
- Bodleian, Firth c.12(119), "The Middlesex Flora," H. Such (London), 1863-1885
References
- Ranson, pp. 72-74, "The Middlesex Flora" (1 text, 1 tune)
- Roud #3810
- BI, Ran072