{"id":330,"date":"2014-12-09T21:38:19","date_gmt":"2014-12-09T21:38:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.petercookie.com\/?p=330"},"modified":"2016-03-31T10:56:15","modified_gmt":"2016-03-31T10:56:15","slug":"grace-darling","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.sssa.llc.ed.ac.uk\/whalsay\/2014\/12\/09\/grace-darling\/","title":{"rendered":"Grace Darling"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"mp3jWrap_0\" class=\"mjp-s-wrapper s-graphic unsel-mjp  sdl_right\" style=\"font-size:18px;\"><span id=\"playpause_wrap_mp3j_0\" class=\"wrap_inline_mp3j\" style=\"font-weight:700;\"><span class=\"gfxbutton_mp3j play-mjp\" id=\"playpause_mp3j_0\" style=\"font-size:18px;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/span>&nbsp;<span class=\"group_wrap\"><span class=\"bars_mp3j\"><span class=\"loadB_mp3j\" id=\"load_mp3j_0\"><\/span><span class=\"posbarB_mp3j\" id=\"posbar_mp3j_0\"><\/span><\/span><span class=\"T_mp3j\" id=\"T_mp3j_0\" style=\"font-size:18px;\">74.237.5<\/span><span class=\"indi_mp3j\" style=\"font-size:12.6px;\" id=\"statusMI_0\"><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div><span class=\"s-nosolution\" id=\"mp3j_nosolution_0\" style=\"display:none;\"><\/span><script>\nMP3jPLAYLISTS.inline_0 = [\n\t{ name: \"74.237.5\", formats: [\"mp3\"], mp3: \"aHR0cDovL3d3dy5zc3NhLmxsYy5lZC5hYy51ay93aGFsc2F5YW5zL3dwLWNvbnRlbnQvdXBsb2Fkcy9zaXRlcy8yLzIwMTUvMDEvNzQuMjM3LjUubXAz\", counterpart:\"\", artist: \"\", image: \"\", imgurl: \"\" }\n];\n<\/script>\n\n<script>MP3jPLAYERS[0] = { list: MP3jPLAYLISTS.inline_0, tr:0, type:'single', lstate:'', loop:false, play_txt:'&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;', pause_txt:'&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;', pp_title:'', autoplay:false, download:true, vol:100, height:'' };<\/script>\n<p><b>Andrew Poleson \u00a0<\/b>with<b> Gilbert Hutchison \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0SA1974.237.5<\/b><\/p>\n<p>It was after 2.0am on the night of July 26<sup>th<\/sup> 1974 and the drinks had been freely flowing in The Cooks&#8217; House where the older men sat around chatting and singing, while the cauldrons of meat had been stewing for the wedding feast along the road at Symbister Hall.\u00a0 Andrew started the ballad and\u00a0after one verse Gilbert Hutchison took over with a part of the Refrain but did not proceed very far.<\/p>\n<p>Several\u00a0 different street ballads and numerous broadsheets commemorated\u00a0 the bravery of Grace Darling,\u00a0 and her father,\u00a0 the keeper at the Longstone lighthouse, when on September 7<sup>th<\/sup> 1838 they rescued nine persons after the paddle steamer <i>Forfarshire<\/i> struck\u00a0on the western edge of the Harcar rock in the Farne Islands. We have added a set of verses taken from a Broadsheet in the Bodleian Library,\u00a0 Oxford; but neither it nor other versions give a truthful report of what ensued that morning.\u00a0\u00a0 Roud Index no. 1441.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px\"><em>It was at the Longstone lighthouse there lived a pretty maid,<\/em><br \/>\n<em>Pure as the air around her, of dangers ne\u2019er afraid.<\/em><br \/>\n<em>One morning just at daybreak a storm-tossed crew she spied\u00a0<\/em><br \/>\n<em>An\u2019 in through tempted madness \u201cI\u2019Il save the crew\u201d she cried.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px\"><em>For Grace had an English heart, the raging sea she braved.<\/em><br \/>\n<em>She pulled away on a dashing spray and the crew she saved.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px\"><em>Come help me father and save the crew she cried.<\/em><br \/>\n<em>\u00a0\u201c\u2019Tis madness\u201d cried her father\u2026 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<\/em><em>\u201cNaa, I canna \u2026.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px\"><em>&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8211;<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px\"><em>\u2018Twas at the Longstone lighthouse, there dwelt an English maid,<\/em><br \/>\n<em>Pure as the air around her, of danger ne&#8217;er afraid,<\/em><br \/>\n<em>One morning just at daybreak a storm tossed crew she spied,<\/em><br \/>\n<em>And though to try seemed madness, \u201cI&#8217;ll save the crew!\u201d she said.<\/em><br \/>\n<strong>Chorus:<\/strong><em> And she pulled away o&#8217;er the rolling sea \u00a0<\/em><br \/>\n<em>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Over the waters blue\u00a0<\/em><br \/>\n<em>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Help, help! she could hear the cry,<\/em><br \/>\n<em>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Of the shipwrecked crew.<\/em><br \/>\n<em><strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong>But Grace had an English heart<\/em><br \/>\n<em>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 As the raging storm she braved<\/em><br \/>\n<em>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 She pulled away o\u2019er the dashing spray<\/em><br \/>\n<em>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 And the crew she saved.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px\"><em>They to the rocks were clinging, \u00a0 \u00a0A crew of nine all told,<\/em><br \/>\n<em>Between\u00a0 them and the lighthouse \u00a0 \u00a0The seas like mountains rolled,<\/em><br \/>\n<em>Cried Grace , &#8220;Come help me, father, \u00a0 To launch the boat&#8221;, said she.\u00a0<\/em><br \/>\n<em>&#8216;Tis madness,\u201d cried her father, \u00a0 \u00a0&#8220;To face that raging sea&#8221;.<\/em><br \/>\n<em><span class=\"Apple-style-span\"><strong>Chorus:<\/strong><\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px\"><em>One murmured prayer, &#8216;Heaven guard us&#8217;. \u00a0 \u00a0And then they were afloat,<\/em><br \/>\n<em>Between them and destruction, \u00a0 \u00a0The planks of that frail boat,<\/em><br \/>\n<em>Then said the maiden&#8217;s father, \u00a0 \u00a0Turn back or doomed are we,<\/em><br \/>\n<em>Then up spoke brave Grace Darling, \u00a0 \u00a0Alone I&#8217;ll brave the sea.<\/em><br \/>\n<em><span class=\"Apple-style-span\"><strong>Chorus:<\/strong><\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px\"><em>They bravely rode the billows \u00a0 \u00a0And reached the rock at length.<\/em><br \/>\n<em>They saved those storm-tossed sailors, \u00a0 \u00a0In Heaven alone their strength.\u00a0<\/em><br \/>\n<em>Go tell the wide world o&#8217;er \u00a0 \u00a0 What British pluck can do<br \/>\nAnd sing of brave Grace Darling \u00a0 \u00a0Who nobly saved that crew.<\/em><br \/>\n<em><span class=\"Apple-style-span\"><strong>Chorus:<\/strong><\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"read-more\" href=\"http:\/\/www.sssa.llc.ed.ac.uk\/whalsay\/2014\/12\/09\/grace-darling\/\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8,19,34],"tags":[90,111,129,146],"class_list":["post-330","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-gilbert-hutchison","category-andrew-poleson","category-a-h","tag-forfarshire","tag-longstone","tag-rescue","tag-shipwreck"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Grace Darling - Whalsay&#039;s Heritage of Song<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"http:\/\/www.sssa.llc.ed.ac.uk\/whalsay\/2014\/12\/09\/grace-darling\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Grace Darling - Whalsay&#039;s Heritage of Song\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Read More\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"http:\/\/www.sssa.llc.ed.ac.uk\/whalsay\/2014\/12\/09\/grace-darling\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Whalsay&#039;s Heritage of Song\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2014-12-09T21:38:19+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2016-03-31T10:56:15+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"petercooke\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"petercooke\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"http:\\\/\\\/www.sssa.llc.ed.ac.uk\\\/whalsay\\\/2014\\\/12\\\/09\\\/grace-darling\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"http:\\\/\\\/www.sssa.llc.ed.ac.uk\\\/whalsay\\\/2014\\\/12\\\/09\\\/grace-darling\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"petercooke\",\"@id\":\"http:\\\/\\\/www.sssa.llc.ed.ac.uk\\\/whalsay\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/0358b9b55ae39e5ef9cbb4ee42329728\"},\"headline\":\"Grace Darling\",\"datePublished\":\"2014-12-09T21:38:19+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2016-03-31T10:56:15+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"http:\\\/\\\/www.sssa.llc.ed.ac.uk\\\/whalsay\\\/2014\\\/12\\\/09\\\/grace-darling\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":488,\"keywords\":[\"Forfarshire\",\"Longstone\",\"rescue\",\"shipwreck\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Hutchison, Gilbert\",\"Poleson, Andrew\",\"Songs A - H\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"http:\\\/\\\/www.sssa.llc.ed.ac.uk\\\/whalsay\\\/2014\\\/12\\\/09\\\/grace-darling\\\/\",\"url\":\"http:\\\/\\\/www.sssa.llc.ed.ac.uk\\\/whalsay\\\/2014\\\/12\\\/09\\\/grace-darling\\\/\",\"name\":\"Grace Darling - Whalsay&#039;s Heritage of Song\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"http:\\\/\\\/www.sssa.llc.ed.ac.uk\\\/whalsay\\\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2014-12-09T21:38:19+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2016-03-31T10:56:15+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"http:\\\/\\\/www.sssa.llc.ed.ac.uk\\\/whalsay\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/0358b9b55ae39e5ef9cbb4ee42329728\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"http:\\\/\\\/www.sssa.llc.ed.ac.uk\\\/whalsay\\\/2014\\\/12\\\/09\\\/grace-darling\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"http:\\\/\\\/www.sssa.llc.ed.ac.uk\\\/whalsay\\\/2014\\\/12\\\/09\\\/grace-darling\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"http:\\\/\\\/www.sssa.llc.ed.ac.uk\\\/whalsay\\\/2014\\\/12\\\/09\\\/grace-darling\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"http:\\\/\\\/www.sssa.llc.ed.ac.uk\\\/whalsay\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Grace Darling\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"http:\\\/\\\/www.sssa.llc.ed.ac.uk\\\/whalsay\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"http:\\\/\\\/www.sssa.llc.ed.ac.uk\\\/whalsay\\\/\",\"name\":\"Whalsay&#039;s Heritage of Song\",\"description\":\"Traditional Music from the Shetland Isles\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"http:\\\/\\\/www.sssa.llc.ed.ac.uk\\\/whalsay\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"http:\\\/\\\/www.sssa.llc.ed.ac.uk\\\/whalsay\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/0358b9b55ae39e5ef9cbb4ee42329728\",\"name\":\"petercooke\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/d6e10d8cceadf5445d95ce4ca863e248746142c35595561d09a5cda04b7e9dfe?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/d6e10d8cceadf5445d95ce4ca863e248746142c35595561d09a5cda04b7e9dfe?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/d6e10d8cceadf5445d95ce4ca863e248746142c35595561d09a5cda04b7e9dfe?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"petercooke\"},\"url\":\"http:\\\/\\\/www.sssa.llc.ed.ac.uk\\\/whalsay\\\/author\\\/petercooke\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Grace Darling - Whalsay&#039;s Heritage of Song","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"http:\/\/www.sssa.llc.ed.ac.uk\/whalsay\/2014\/12\/09\/grace-darling\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Grace Darling - Whalsay&#039;s Heritage of Song","og_description":"Read More","og_url":"http:\/\/www.sssa.llc.ed.ac.uk\/whalsay\/2014\/12\/09\/grace-darling\/","og_site_name":"Whalsay&#039;s Heritage of Song","article_published_time":"2014-12-09T21:38:19+00:00","article_modified_time":"2016-03-31T10:56:15+00:00","author":"petercooke","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"petercooke","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"http:\/\/www.sssa.llc.ed.ac.uk\/whalsay\/2014\/12\/09\/grace-darling\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"http:\/\/www.sssa.llc.ed.ac.uk\/whalsay\/2014\/12\/09\/grace-darling\/"},"author":{"name":"petercooke","@id":"http:\/\/www.sssa.llc.ed.ac.uk\/whalsay\/#\/schema\/person\/0358b9b55ae39e5ef9cbb4ee42329728"},"headline":"Grace Darling","datePublished":"2014-12-09T21:38:19+00:00","dateModified":"2016-03-31T10:56:15+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"http:\/\/www.sssa.llc.ed.ac.uk\/whalsay\/2014\/12\/09\/grace-darling\/"},"wordCount":488,"keywords":["Forfarshire","Longstone","rescue","shipwreck"],"articleSection":["Hutchison, Gilbert","Poleson, Andrew","Songs A - H"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"http:\/\/www.sssa.llc.ed.ac.uk\/whalsay\/2014\/12\/09\/grace-darling\/","url":"http:\/\/www.sssa.llc.ed.ac.uk\/whalsay\/2014\/12\/09\/grace-darling\/","name":"Grace Darling - Whalsay&#039;s Heritage of Song","isPartOf":{"@id":"http:\/\/www.sssa.llc.ed.ac.uk\/whalsay\/#website"},"datePublished":"2014-12-09T21:38:19+00:00","dateModified":"2016-03-31T10:56:15+00:00","author":{"@id":"http:\/\/www.sssa.llc.ed.ac.uk\/whalsay\/#\/schema\/person\/0358b9b55ae39e5ef9cbb4ee42329728"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"http:\/\/www.sssa.llc.ed.ac.uk\/whalsay\/2014\/12\/09\/grace-darling\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["http:\/\/www.sssa.llc.ed.ac.uk\/whalsay\/2014\/12\/09\/grace-darling\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"http:\/\/www.sssa.llc.ed.ac.uk\/whalsay\/2014\/12\/09\/grace-darling\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"http:\/\/www.sssa.llc.ed.ac.uk\/whalsay\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Grace Darling"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"http:\/\/www.sssa.llc.ed.ac.uk\/whalsay\/#website","url":"http:\/\/www.sssa.llc.ed.ac.uk\/whalsay\/","name":"Whalsay&#039;s Heritage of Song","description":"Traditional Music from the Shetland Isles","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"http:\/\/www.sssa.llc.ed.ac.uk\/whalsay\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"http:\/\/www.sssa.llc.ed.ac.uk\/whalsay\/#\/schema\/person\/0358b9b55ae39e5ef9cbb4ee42329728","name":"petercooke","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/d6e10d8cceadf5445d95ce4ca863e248746142c35595561d09a5cda04b7e9dfe?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/d6e10d8cceadf5445d95ce4ca863e248746142c35595561d09a5cda04b7e9dfe?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/d6e10d8cceadf5445d95ce4ca863e248746142c35595561d09a5cda04b7e9dfe?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"petercooke"},"url":"http:\/\/www.sssa.llc.ed.ac.uk\/whalsay\/author\/petercooke\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.sssa.llc.ed.ac.uk\/whalsay\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/330","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.sssa.llc.ed.ac.uk\/whalsay\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.sssa.llc.ed.ac.uk\/whalsay\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.sssa.llc.ed.ac.uk\/whalsay\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.sssa.llc.ed.ac.uk\/whalsay\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=330"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.sssa.llc.ed.ac.uk\/whalsay\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/330\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3212,"href":"http:\/\/www.sssa.llc.ed.ac.uk\/whalsay\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/330\/revisions\/3212"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.sssa.llc.ed.ac.uk\/whalsay\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=330"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.sssa.llc.ed.ac.uk\/whalsay\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=330"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.sssa.llc.ed.ac.uk\/whalsay\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=330"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}