Ship that never returned, The

The Ship That Never Returned was written by Henry Clay Work (who also wrote My Grandfather's Clock). It later formed the basis of 'The Wreck of the Old '97' and later still as ['http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_MTA_Song The MTA Song]].

Works's words and music at http://sniff.numachi.com/pages/tiNVRETURN;ttNVRETURN.html

Versions have been collected from the oral tradition in the USA, Canada, Britain and Australia, from singers including:

• Ollie Gilbert, Mountain View, Arkansas
• Clyde "Slim" Wilson in Springfield, Missouri
• Mrs. Ben Daugherty, Cave City, Akansas
• Charlie Bridger, Stone-in-Oxney, Kent
• Harry Upton, Balcombe, Sussex
• Fred Jordan, Shropshire