School: Corderay (roll number 12735)
- Location:
- Shancurry, Co. Leitrim
- Teacher: Seán Ó Céilleachair
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0208, Page 157
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- (continued from previous page)Row on my hearty comrades the wind is blowing high
And if we do not gain the land we certainly will die
Soon death made its appearance and darkness fell from the sky
Some people near the harbour soon heard a dismal cry
Early the next morning the news went up and down
Till it reached the town of Corry which was their native ground.
And such a deadly slaughter in the country ne'er was found
As that evening in Strawbraden where such a crowd was drowned.
The wild fowl of the ocean no m ore will go ashore
The black birds and the thrushes[?] will forsake Mount Allen's shore
The trees in June no more will bloom but shall wither and decline
Since Johnny and his comrade boys took lodging in Kilbride
- Collector
- Seán Ó Céilleachair
- Gender
- Male
- Occupation
- Múinteoir
