School: Cill Crócháin (roll number 15410)
- Location:
- Kilcrohane, Co. Cork
- Teacher: Ml. Ó Murthuile
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0286, Page 103
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- It was on a Sunday morning, as you may understand
The Cancyon she left the Cobh, and she bound for Bere- Isle- Land
There were five or six young seamen brave
And two Irish girls also
And they sailed away, that lovely day
To see Bere Island shore
2.
The rode away, they did not care
Because their crew was strong
And Ned Tobin was their Captain
To stear the Cancyon
3.
And when they were mid-way me boys
As you may plainly see
The shores got very dreadful
But it was calm to sea
4.
OConnell being a great old hawn
Not knowing how to row
The captain he ordered the crew.
To throw him over board
To throw him over board me boys
It was a fearful thing
To throw him over board me boys
And let him sink or swim(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Lil Tobin
- Gender
- Female
- Informant
- Daniel Sullivan
- Gender
- Male
