“The North Star”
Description
North Star sails from Ireland for America. On December 8, "close to the wild Welsh shore the North Star struck, that very night, upon that fatal rock ... Out of near five hundred passengers, but twenty-one were saved"
Notes
Ranson: Tune is "The Vivandeer" on p. 112. - BS
Cross references
- cf. "The Vivandeer" (tune)
Recordings
- Bodleian, 2806 b.9(261), "The North Star", J.F. Nugent & Co. (Dublin), 1850-1899; also Firth b.27(109/110) View 1 of 2, "The North Star"
References
- Ranson, pp. 94-95, "The North Star" (1 text, 1 tune)
- BI, Ran094