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Title
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Emigrant ship
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Singer
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Grubb, George
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Song Lyrics
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Verse 1
Beneath the rude and restless wave,
Many brave men have found their grave;
This transport ship, when tempest tost,
At length went down, with all hands lost.
Verse 2
This emigrant ship - how sad to hear!
Five hundred souls were lost with fear;
They left behind them old England's ground,
To New Zealand they were bound.
Verse 3
This gallant ship, which fate deplored,
Had near five hundred souls on board;
That was a dreadful death to meet,
A burning ship beneath your feet.
Verse 4
When fire and water both combined,
The raging flames and roaring wind;
It seized upon the doomed ship,
When fear stood on each trembling lip.
Verse 5
There men and women, of a hardy crew,
One hundred and sixty children too;
The ship was burnt upon the sea,
And launched them into eternity.
Verse 6
Many a mother you know was there,
Whose heart was broken with despair;
God only knows what it is to be,
In an open boat ten days at sea.
