#1937: YouTube video by NLTreasure ℗2011 ~ Used with permission~ |
Now many a man from the New Found Land,
when the winter wind did roar,
Had sailed in coastal vessels
around the rocky settin' shore;
In January, 1912, Captain Kearley in command
Of the schooner called John Harvey
from Belleoram, Newfoundland.
Well, the wind did from the northeast
blew the worst storm of the year,
The John Harvey sailed from Gloucester,
bound for the isle St Pierre;
She was loaded with general cargo
and loud the winds did roar,
On the tenth of January
the John Harvey went ashore.
Well, the captain gave orders to his crew
their vessel to dismast,
With its lifeboat frozen on the deck,
the sea swept fore and aft;
Said Captain Kearley to his crew,
"My boys it is no use,
I'm afraid that we are doomed to die
on the shores of Gabarus."
And the young John put a rope he took
and tied around his waist,
Said he, "I'll swim for the nearest land,"
and the icy foam he faced;
Bitter cold was that winter night,
the seas rolled mountain high,
And the waves then battered by the shore
with the brave Belleoram boy.
Now the north wind blew a hurricane,
and the winds were all bitter cold,
It would chill the heart of this sailor lad,
a hero brave and bold,
Battered by the angry sea,
he at last the shore did reach,
And with his badly frozen hands
made the rope fast to the beach.
And now the crew of the Harvey got ashore,
there were six of them all told,
They owe their lives to God above
and that sailor boy so bold;
John Keeping and that brave young Foote,
their young hearts overcome,
Died on the shores of Gabarus
far from their native home.
Good people of Belleoram
with you we'll sympathize,
Don't mourn for those brave sailor lads
for heaven was their prize;
And all you brave young sailor men
think of those noble youths,
Who died away from their native land
on the shores of Gabarus.
#1807: YouTube video by outportoutlaw ℗2010 ~ Used with permission ~ |
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