Loss Of The Marion Misc. Traditional
LOSS OF THE MARION 121 In 1915 on the 10th day of June At Burke's wharf the Marion lay Prepared for the banks as was custom to do All loaded with caplin for bait The wind from the northwest, a fine summer breeze As Ike Jones from St Jacques he steered And the boys in their boats all made plans for that night When they'd all go ashore in St Pierre Some were uneasy there'd be trouble they said Cause Ike Jones was noted to fight And at the Cafe de France on the last trip he made A Frenchman had threatened his life The challenge to fight was issued that night While the cheep french liquor ran free The French captain them warned the Marion's men He would answer the challenge at sea Next day the Marion set sail again As so to the stories relates The French beam trawler weighed anchor as well And followed close by in her wake She's a Fortune Bay schooner heading out for the banks With a fine crew of Fortune Bay men But some on the Key were rumored to say She'd never be heard from again The fate that befell the Marion's crew and their schooner will never be known Not a trace of good tidings were ever again To be heard from those waiting at home Some say the Frenchman was true to his word Some say he confessed 'fore he died That he scuttled the Marion and settled the debt Not taking one man o'er the side Families of Skinners and Vallis and Miles Grieved for their loved ones on shore And the Newfoundland story of lost to the sea Was told as so often before She's a Fortune Bay schooner sailing out from St Jacques With a fine crew of Fortune Bay men But never no more will she pass by the light
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