School: Dunmanus, Toormore
- Location:
- Dunmanus East, Co. Cork
- Teacher: Helena Lucey
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0288, Page 159
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- When the Memphis she left Montreal
The weather it was fine
Said the Captain to his officers
We'll have a jolly time
But when they reached the Irish coast
There came a heavy fog
And the Captain lost his reckoning
Though an error in the log
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The look-out man in the fo'castle
He thought he saw a light
He took it to be the Fastnet
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But sorry I am to say
It was by that fatal error
We were wrecked on Dunlough Bay
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We lowered the starboard lifeboat
And got her fully manned.
When the crew were getting into her
The after tackle jammed
A heavy sea came rolling on
And swept the boat around.
The crew were in the water.(continues on next page)
