“The Wreck of the 'Mary Summers'”
Description
"Oh, the Mary Summers as you will see, Loaded in St. Andrews for the old countrie." An ocean-going freighter encounters heavy weather and begins leaking. The crew pumps for a week to no avail, but are rescued by the William Bradley.
Notes
From Fowke/MacMillan: "Collected from Charles Cates in Vancouver, 1960. Cates said he had the song from his father, an East Coast seaman, who said the _Mary Summers_ was a Nova Scotia ship, though there is no record of her in Canadian or British shipping registers." - SL
References
- Fowke/MacMillan 14, "The Wreck of the 'Mary Summers'" (1 text, 1 tune)
- Roud #4473
- BI, FowM014