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School: San Leonard, Ballycullane

Location:
Saintleonards, Co. Wexford
Teacher:
Mary B. Dunphy
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0871, Page 032

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    "The Banks of Newfoundland"
    as sung by Mrs Ellen Doyle
    (See page 14)
    Will anyone join this merchant ship
    That lies in Liverpool docks
    Beware of your monkey jacket
    With your oil skins on your hands
    Beware of the cold north-westerly winds
    On the banks of Newfoundland.
    Last night as I lay in my bunk
    I had a pleasant dream
    I dreamt that I was in Liverpool
    And I waking down Park lane
    A nice young girl by my side
    A bottle of rum in her hand
    But when I awoke my heart nigh broke
    On the banks of Newfoundland.
    We had one Irish girl board
    Jane Walsh it was her name
    Her passage was paid out to New York
    From Dublin town she came
    She tore her flannel petticoat up
    To make mittens for our hands
    She could not see her true love free
    On the banks of Newfoundland.
    (continues on next page)
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Mary B. Dunphy
    Gender
    Female
    Occupation
    Teacher
    Informant
    Mrs Furlong
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    36
    Occupation
    Cottager
    Address
    Coolroe, Co. Wexford