“Three Men Drowned (The Grand River)”
Description
Four men go boating on the Grand River. In rough water, they are flung from the boat; Benjamin Moore and two others drown. A boy brings word to Benjamin's parents. The singer talks about God's planning (and placing rocks in the river)
Supplemental text
Three Men Drowned (The Grand River)
Partial text(s)
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The Grand River
From Edith Fowke, Lumbering Songs from the Northern Woods, #38, pp.136-137.
Collected from Johnny Flanagan of Erinsville, Ontario, July 1960.
It was down on the Grand River near a place called Lake Chayere.
Four young men got in a boat and forward they did steer.
Their intention was to row the falls, their course they did pursue,
Their boat ran with quick motion, and from it they went through.
(2 additional stanzas)
Notes
This is item dC35 in Laws's Appendix II. - RBW
References
- Rickaby 34-I, (first of three "Fragments of Shanty Songs") (1 text)
- Fowke-Lumbering #38, "The Grand River" (1 text, 1 tune)
- ST Rick129 (Partial)
- Roud #3680
- BI, Rick129