School: Clochar na Trócaire, Carn Domhnaigh (roll number 16821)
- Location:
- Ballylosky, Co. Donegal
- Teacher: An tSr. M. Beirín Ní Bhaoighill
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1114, Page 218
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A Song Composed about a Shipwreck (continued)
“It was with a precious cargo from Bergenn we set sail.”
(continued from previous page)But it was our pilot Bernard Duffy, that led us all astray
And caused us to cast anchor on Glengivney bay,
It was there they hoisted signal and cut our cable chain
Our gallant ship to pieces split and drowned all our men
Except for Mr. Leper and swam his life ashore
His chest and all his treasures came in a while before
And it was there they strove to murder him they way no one would knwo.
Chorus
Don't you see the long glen eagles, don't you see them in a row
Don't you see the long glen eagles, coming to wreck our "Mary Snow"
II
It was there they stripped him naked(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Sadie Maria Long
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Straruddan, Co. Donegal
- Informant
- Patrick Long
- Relation
- Parent
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Straruddan, Co. Donegal