First line "I pray give attention to what I will mention ..."
First line "I pray give attention to what I will mention ..."
"Oh! father lov'd, the storm is raging"
First Line "Oh! dearest dad, the winds are blowing" Parody of Roud V3151 (bar519)
Poem by McGonagall including a report of her death.
Begins "Ohl Father lov'd, the storm is raging". A parlour ballad from which bar519/Roud V3151 was copied
"Twas at the Longstone Lighthouse" Often called The Grace Darling song.
"Oh! father lov'd, the storm is raging"
Poem by McGonagall including a report of her death.
First Line "Oh! dearest dad, the winds are blowing" Parody of Roud V3151 (bar519)
Begins "Ohl Father lov'd, the storm is raging". A parlour ballad from which bar519/Roud V3151 was copied
Probably the first of these ballads to appear. It mentions the Darlings only in passing and Grace is not identified by name.
The paddle steamer Forfarshireᅠstruck and later foundered on one of the Farne_Islandsº on the 7 September 1838, giving rise to the rescue for whichᅠGrace Darling is...