Stan Rogers: The Flowers of Bermuda

Just because it was going through my head last night, here’s a sprightly upbeat tune about heroic sacrifice and death at sea.

He was the captain of the Nightingale
Twenty-one days from Clyde in coal
He could smell the flowers of Bermuda in the gale
As he died in the North Rock Shoal

But on the other hand, the other eighteen members of the crew survived due to his heroic actions, so there’s that.

It’s sprightly and upbeat. (Really! I’m not being sarcastic.)