School: Dunmanus, Toormore
- Location:
- Dunmanus East, Co. Cork
- Teacher: Helena Lucey
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0288, Page 137a
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Songs Composed about Places Around my District (continued)
“The Barrel Rocks:- Come all you jolly mariners give ear into my song,”
(continued from previous page)We have no return signal from the land
Sir Roger sadly said
No comrades here to welcome us.
Alas they must be dead.
ut I must do my duty
This day I mean to land
So in a boat he pulled away
To lonely Banna Strand.A German ship was sailing in
With rifles galore
Saying, Here you are a fore
Youare he Empire's enemy
We will fight you now so stand
For a German boat shall never be put
On the lonely Banna Strand.We sailed to Queenstown Harbour
Say the Germans we are done
The British ship our master
Man for man and gun for gun
With thirty thousand rifles
And none of them left land
We'll dump them all and bid farewell
To lonely Banna strand.(continues on next page)