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School: Cill Thiomáin, Durrus, Bantry (roll number 15989)

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  1. The Wreck of the Iberian Steamer (continued)

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    (3)
    The women of Carbery West
    They are roasting and baking away
    For providence lately have sent them
    A Neptune, the God of the sea
    Fine apples exported in barrels
    For Liverpool market were they
    The Iberian steamer was carried
    And paddled along 'oer the sea
    Long life to the crew and the Captain
    That steered her across the rough main
    For eating pork, steak, flour and apples
    Our women will get young again
    (4)
    Those three sister steamers are gone now
    No sorrow for them I daresay
    There is one of them south in [Faillen ui Cariad]
    And the two more in Dunmanus Bay
    They will never more cross the Atlantic
    Asleep in the deep now they lay
    A home for crabs, lobsters and conguers
    Corroding and rotting away.
    Long life to the crew and the Captain
    That steered her across the rough main
    For eating pork, steak, flour and apples
    Our women will get young again
    (continues on next page)
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
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      1. poetry
        1. folk poetry (~9,504)
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      1. historical periods by name (~25)
        1. the great famine (~4,013)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Jeremiah Callaghan
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Gunpoint, Co. Cork