School: Templetown
- Location:
- Templetown, Co. Wexford
- Teacher: Charles D. Hearne
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0870, Page 185
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- (continued from previous page)To the sinking ship they flew;And as they reached the sinking ship, the crew in hopes to save,They saw the last let go the mast, and sink beneath the wave.
Twas a sudden splash that broke her mast, her mast split in two -Her yards were floating by her side, she's sinking from our view,Oh watch that small and fragile boat, now bumping by her sideOh Heavens, they are human beings, now floating in the tide.
Twas the dauntless Captain Cotter, with his 'Dauntless' ship by name,With spirits brave he faced the wave, to their assistance came,It was like a thing that was to be, when close up by her side,Her engines stopped, her paddles broke, she drifted with the tide.
You sank last night within our sight, in spite of all our skill(continues on next page)
