{"id":430,"date":"2014-12-13T13:06:18","date_gmt":"2014-12-13T13:06:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.petercookie.com\/?p=430"},"modified":"2016-02-12T20:49:57","modified_gmt":"2016-02-12T20:49:57","slug":"loss-of-the-vestris-the","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.sssa.llc.ed.ac.uk\/whalsay\/2014\/12\/13\/loss-of-the-vestris-the\/","title":{"rendered":"Loss of the Vestris, The"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<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;\">74.07.3<\/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: \"74.07.3\", formats: [\"mp3\"], mp3: \"aHR0cDovL3d3dy5zc3NhLmxsYy5lZC5hYy51ay93aGFsc2F5YW5zL3dwLWNvbnRlbnQvdXBsb2Fkcy9zaXRlcy8yLzIwMTUvMDEvNzQuMDcuMy5tcDM=\", 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><span class=\"Apple-style-span\"><b>Grace Anderson \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0SA1974.07.3<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The Steamship Vestris\u00a0 was an American vessel that sailed regularly from New York to the River Plate.\u00a0 On November 12, 1928 about 200 miles off Hampton Roads Virginia she began listing during a storm and sank with the loss of over 100 people, including all the thirteen child passengers and many of the women. 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Robison produced this song which was recorded\u00a0 on the Victor 78rpm label.\u00a0 \u00a0 Gracie\u2019s text is almost identical to the original version.\u00a0\u00a0 Roud no. 22428<b> <\/b><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px\"><i>Bravely she sailed from New York city bound for the land o\u2019er the sea<br \/>\n<\/i><i>And on a deck where wives and husbands and children with hearts gay\u00a0and free.<br \/>\n<\/i><i>She sailed on her wake o\u2019er the deep blue ocean, never a thought of fear,<br \/>\n<\/i><i>For there on the bridge stood Captain Harry, a sailor for many a year.\u00a0 \u00a0 [Captain Carey]<\/i><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px\"><i>Then came a storm that hit the Vestris: wild waves came rolling high<br \/>\n<\/i><i>And then in this night a call was sounded, then they knew that death was nigh.<br \/>\n<\/i><i>Slowly they sank as the captain waited, hoping his ship he could save,<br \/>\n<\/i><i>And then too late he feared, the message, the Vestris was doomed to her grave.<\/i><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px\"><i>Sad were the cries of men and women, mothers with babes there to die;<br \/>\n<\/i><i>Brave men who fought to save their loved ones, lifeboats that sank in the night<br \/>\n<\/i><i>Great was the toll of lives that were taken, husbands and wives torn apart,<br \/>\n<\/i><i>And many a home with loved ones missing, many a sad broken heart.<\/i><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px\"><i>There on the bridge stood Captain Harry waiting for death to befall<br \/>\n<\/i><i>And so we know that someone blundered, we should forget after all.<br \/>\n<\/i><i>For we are all adrift on life\u2019s mighty ocean where each must take as it comes,<br \/>\n<\/i><i>And we should learn from this sad story \u2013 if we hesitate we are lost.<\/i><\/p>\n<div style=\"padding-left: 30px\"><i>\u00a0<\/i><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"read-more\" href=\"http:\/\/www.sssa.llc.ed.ac.uk\/whalsay\/2014\/12\/13\/loss-of-the-vestris-the\/\">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":[2,35],"tags":[42,77,161],"class_list":["post-430","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-grace-anderson","category-i-p","tag-american","tag-disaster-ballad","tag-vestris"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - 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