THE BALLAD OF WALLACE AND JESSIE
This story happened over a century ago. As Chris was browsing through library shelves one day, he happened upon a book about the Titanic. He paged through photographs and specs about the ship and its passengers until one story made him pause. This is the story that birthed our song. A young girl named Jessie lay sick in a Salvation Army orphanage in the lowland village of Kirkcudbright, Scotland. On the night of April 14, 1912, staff called for Captain W. Rex Snowden, saying