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  • Roud No
    7308 [Click on the Roud number to search for variants of this song]
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    Newfoundland and Labrador / Oceans & seas / Sailors / Ships / Sea & ocean accidents / Seal hunting / Sea-going operations / <Card games> / <Rudders (boats & ships)> / Sea ice
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    Synopsis
    A description of the activities, mishaps, and life on board the sealing vessel, Lone Flier. The ship is well-equipped and the crew readies themselves for the seal hunt. The ship leaves St. John's for the ice pack, which they have to ram their way through. The ship meets the Nascopee, already with seals on board. The crew then begins the seal hunt and the narrator tallies the catch of several hunters. Two accidents occur, one on the ice and one in the ship's hold. One man loses at cards and gets angry. The ship stops at several ports, and has further trouble getting around the pack ice. The ship's rudder splits. They tow the boat into their home harbour in Twillingate. [MET]
    Source
    Greenleaf, E. B. and Mansfield, G. Y., eds. (1933). Ballads and sea songs of Newfoundland. Reprint 1968. Hatboro, PA: Folklore Associates. pp. 246-249.
    Characters
    Male (Adult) x 12
    Song voice
    Male
    Song history
    Notes

    Composed by the twenty-nine men of the crew of the Lone Flier, March 10 to April 25, 1929.

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