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:The thrilling news we heard last week :is in our memories yet, :Two fishermen from Newfoundland :saved from the jaws of death; :Two fine young men born in Torbay :who went adrift at sea, :On the eighteenth day of April :from the schooner Jubilee. :They left to prosecute their voyage :near the Grand Banks' stormy shore, :Where many's the hardy fisherman :was never heard of more; :For six long days in storms at sea :those hardy fellows stood, :Fatigued, footsore, and hungry, :no water or no food. :Tossed on the seas ail those long days :while bitter was each night, :No friend to speak a kindly word, :no sail to heave in sight; :At last a vessel hove in sight :and saw the floating speck, :The Jessie Maurice was her name, :coal laden from Quebec. :Our wheelsman well-trained he espied :clear through the misty haze, :Those poor exhausted fishermen :adrift so many days; :Our captain, a kindhearted man, :had just come on the deck, :Then orders gave to hard aport :and shaped her for the wreck. :Two hours or more while the winds did roar :the Jessie sailed around, :To see if any tidings of :the dory could be found; :The crew was stationed on the bow :all anxious her to hail, :When the captain spied her in :the fog just aft the water rail. :Our brave commander right away :the order gave to launch, :The jolly boats that hung astern :of good old oak so staunch; :Two brave old seamen manned the oars :and at the word to go, :The captain standing in the bow :to take the boat in tow. :The captain gripped the painter for :to bring her to the barque, :While those on board were still as death, :their features cold and dark; :A sling was then made fast below :in which those men to place, :While tender-hearted mariners :they worked with noble faith. :No sign of life was in those men :as they were placed in bed, :But still our captain held out hope :the vital spark not fled; :He watched for days and sleepless nights :to bring those men around, :And on the second day discerned :but just a feeble sound. :The first to speak was Peter, :the eldest of the two, :He told the captain who they were, :a part of the Jubilee's crew; :And how in April on the Banks :they chanced to drift astray, :And lay exposed in an open boat :for six long stormy days. :Our captain then our stuns'l set :and shaped her for Quebec, :He took on board the dory :and all left of the wreck; :He watched those men with a mother's care :while in their berth they lay, :And saved the lives of two poor boys :once more to see Torbay. :God bless the Jessie's gallant crew, :likewise their captain bold, :Their names should be recorded :into letters of bright gold; :And send them peace and happiness :in every port they lay, :The plucky boys that saved the life :of the Flemings of Torbay.See also
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Flemings Of Torbay Newfoundland and Labrador folk songs Songs written by Johnny Burke (Newfoundland songwriter) Year of song unknown Canadian folk songs