X:92011900
T:RVW2/1/190 Loss Of The London
F:http://www.vwml.org/record/RVW2/1/190
C:William Hurr, 24 October 1910, Southwold, Suffolk
Z:Transcribed by Simon Furey and Lewis Jones
L:1/8
Q:"(Editorial suggestion)" 1/4=66
M:2/4
K:Eaeo
(EF) | G3/2A/ G>A | (G>E) (3(EF)G | "^(a)"A>A GF |
w: Of_ all the dread-ful ship-*wrecks_ that ev-er we did 
E2 (3(B"^?#"c)d |$ e3/2d/ e3/2f/ | eA d<^c | HB2 B^c |"^(b)" d>e d3/2e/ |
w: hear why,_ the like of this can sure-ly nev-er be. When the Lon-don sailed from
(dB)"^?#" cA | AB"^(c)" GE | D2 (EF) |"^(d)" G>G GE | FB GF | E2 ||
w: Eng-*land bound for a for-eign  shore two_ thou-sand miles ac-ross the storm-y sea.
(EF) | G3/2A/ G>A | (GE) (3(EF)G |"^(a) var."A>G F>G | E2 (3(B"^?#"c)d |
e3/2d/ e3/2f/ | eA d<^c | HB2 B^c |"^(b) var."d>e d>^c | (dB) cA |
AB"^(c) var." (3GFE | D2 (EF) | "^(d) var." G>G FE | FB GF | E2 |]
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%%Editorial notes: This song is more generally known as "The Loss of the SS London". 
%%Some of the words of this song are missing from the MS, but fortunately have been 
%%supplied from the web site "songsfromtheageofsteam.uk" which has the complete 
%%song with the identical tune.
%%The web site is worth a visit in any case, if only to read one of William McGonagall's
%%effusions on the subject of the shipwreck.
%%endtext