{"id":11049,"date":"2021-06-04T13:58:19","date_gmt":"2021-06-04T13:58:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/folksongandmusichall.com\/?page_id=11049"},"modified":"2021-06-09T08:28:12","modified_gmt":"2021-06-09T08:28:12","slug":"ship-that-will-never-return-the","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/folksongandmusichall.com\/index.php\/ship-that-will-never-return-the\/","title":{"rendered":"Ship that will never return, The"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
AKA<\/strong><\/td>The loss of the Titanic<\/td><\/tr>
First Published<\/td>1912<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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Writer\/composer<\/td>FV St Clair<\/td>Roud<\/strong><\/td>RN37314<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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Music Hall Performers<\/strong><\/td>FV St Clair<\/td><\/tr>
Folk performances<\/strong><\/td>Collected from:<\/strong>
Cox, Harry; England : Norfolk 1913
Green, Charles; England : Yorkshire 1971<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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A big ship left port on it's first maiden voyage,\nThe world gazed in wonder and pride,\nOld England was proud of the ship and it's crew,\nWhose captain was trusted and tried;\nThe ship was a city of splendour and light,\nIt's rich and it's poor side by side,\nBut when the shock came and the vessel went down,\nRich man and poor man like Englishmen died.\n\nOn the ship that will never return,\nThe ship that will never return,\nBrave words were spoken and brave hearts were broken\nAh! here's where true love you discern,\nMothers they sobbed in prayer,\nAs they parted from loved ones there,\nHusbands and sons, brave-hearted ones,\nOn the ship that will never return.<\/em>\n\nTitanic it's name and titanic it's size,\nO'er the waves of the ocean she rode,\nFour days had gone by since she'd left the old land,\nWith over two thousand aboard.\nAnd then came the crash in the dead of the night,\nBut none on the ship were dimayed,\nThey trusted the captain, they trusted the crew,\nAnd even the women, they were not afraid.\n\n'Be British!' the captain cried out from the bridge,\nBe British and british they were,\nThe women, the children the first for the boats,\nAnd the sailors knew how to obey.\nAs long as old England sends ships over sea,\nThe deeds of that night she'll recall,\nWhen rich man and poor man went down side by side,\nWhen rank made no difference for Death levelled all.\n<\/pre>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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The sinking of the Titanic in 1912 had a huge cultural impact throughout the English-speaking world. Hundreds of songs were written -responding to the tragedy in a variety of ways: moral, social, political and religious. This  one followed the chauvinistic style which featured in so many of FV St Clair<\/a> songs. It was remembered by Charles Green in 1971 – he sang it to the collector Ian Russell.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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This probably derives its title from  The ship that never returned <\/em>(RN775) a song from 1874 by Henry Clay Work, later sung by the Carter Family amongst others.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A contemporary recording by Fred Andrews:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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