Sad comes the news from over the sea, from over the troubling main,
To fill the hearts of those they loved with sorrow and with pain.
With sorrow and with pain,
To fill the hearts of those they loved with sorrow and with pain.
Oh it's less than three short weeks today they left their native shore,
But all, alas, they never returned to see their friends no more.
To see their friends no more,
But all, alas, they never returned to see their friends no more.
The Greenland sailed the tenth of March, her crew in spirits bright
Not thinking that they should pass off on that fearful cold March night
And with a crew of fine young men who left in spirits gay,
Stood brisk upon the barricade as she steamed out that day.
They struck the seals St. Patrick's day and then the work began,
With thirteen thousand hoist on board, seven thousand more did pan.
On to the thirty-first of March, four watches less that day,
A blinding snow storm soon came on and they got cast away.
And they got cast away,
A blinding snow storm soon came on and they got cast away.
There's two young Quidi Vidi boys, there's Chillie and Court Down,
There's William Collins from Torbay, and two from St. John's town .
The others from the northern bays and six from Harbour Grace
Who on that wild and terrible night a fearful death did face.
A fearful death did face,
Who on that wild and terrible night a fearful death did face.
But may the great Almighty God their troubles soon make light,
And ease the broken hearts of those who lost their friends that night,
Who lost their friends that night,
And ease the broken hearts of those who lost their friends that night .
