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Monthly Archives: September 2016
Loss of the Schooner “Persian,” On Lake Huron
Norm Cohen credited “The Persian’s Crew” to Patrick Fennell. Thanks to the magic of the Internet, we have a scanned copy of Patrick’s 1886 book containing the poem (page 145). If Cohen is right, this is a version of the song … Continue reading
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The Persian’s Crew
This one we added to our repertoire this summer. Interestingly, the song speaks of the mystery of what happened to the Persian, and articles about the song indicate there is a mystery about what ship the song is actually about, … Continue reading
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Red Iron Ore
We don’t sing this one (yet, I’ve been trying to convince the others for a while now), but I randomly decided to research the ships involved this morning, and I want to preserve my notes on it somewhere, and this … Continue reading
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