“By the Lightning We Lost our Sight”
Description
The singer is on a journey from Gibraltar to England when a hurricane strikes. Sent aloft to reef the sails, he and four others are blinded when lightning strikes the mast. The storm washes several others overboard
Cross references
- cf. "Captain Burke" [Laws K5]
References
- Laws K6, "By the Lightning We Lost Our Sight"
- Mackenzie 86, "By the Lightning We Lost Our Sight" (1 text)
- Smith/Hatt, pp. 76-78, "The Blind Sailor" (1 text)
- DT 557, LIGHTNNG
- Roud #1894
- BI, LK06