“Bay of Biscay, Oh (Ye Gentlemen of England II) (The Stormy Winds Did Blow)”
Description
The singer's ship and the Rameley set out from Spithead. The two ships are separated by a storm in the Bay of Biscay. The Rameley, arriving at Gibraltar, reports the other ship lost, but at last it comes in, having lost mast, captain, and ten crewmembers
Notes
Not to be confused with the lover's-ghost-returned song "Bay of Biscay." - (PJS)
Creighton-NovaScotia: Also not to be confused with "[The] Bay of Biscay [O]" ["Loud roared the dreadful thunder"] by Andrew Cherry about a disabled ship rescued. - BS
Cross references
- cf. "Ye Gentlemen of England (I)" [Laws K2]
References
- Laws K3, "Bay of Biscay, Oh (Ye Gentlemen of England II) (The Stormy Winds Did Blow)"
- Creighton-NovaScotia 52, "Bay of Biscay Oh" (1 text, 1 tune)
- DT 399, BAYBISC*
- Roud #524
- BI, LK03