About this minute

Title
The Shores of Hispaniola
Creator
Nancy Kerr
Contributor
English Folk Dance and Song Society
Year
1558 – 1603
Collections
Collection 3

Collection 3 #48

You just heard part of a song called ‘The Shores of Hispaniola’. Even though the song is quite new, it was written to tell a story from the time of Queen Elizabeth the First, over 500 years ago. This song is very sad, because it tells the story of a person from Sierra Leone in…

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