School: Dún Átha, Carraig an Chabhaltaigh
- Location:
- Doonaha, Co. Clare
- Teacher: Ed J. Headtromóin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0633, Page 207
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- The wind sang high on our rocky coast
To the dance of the restless tide
When a vessel strayed on her inward way
No pilot hand to guide
But from the shore on her stormy track
Soon kindly eyes were bent
And forthwith to the strangers' aid
Five dauntless pilots went. ii
There was one who had thrown his spade away
As he ran to to the water's side
And another but three short months before
Had welcomed a youthful bride
But the spade may lie on the garden ridge
And the young wife wait in vain
For by God's decree from that chilly sea
They will never come back again. iii
No wistful farewells those doomed men made
As they pushed from their native shore
They were summoned away from their bright firesides
Full many a time before
That watery track they had travelled oft
And the waves like old friends now
And well they knew that staunch canoe
As they leaped round her gallant prow.(continues on next page)
- Informant
- Amy Griffin
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Lisheencrony, Co. Clare
