Volume: CBÉ 0190

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1. Lonely Banna Strand (continued)

   

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   it fell to meet his doom
   Two Irish boys lay lying there just like their hopes so grand
   They could not give the signal now
   from lonely Banna Strand.
   IV
   They sailed for Queenstown Harbour
   Says the Germans we're undone
   The British ships are master man for man and gun for gun
   We've twenty thousand rifles all ready for to land
   We'll sink them all and bid farewell
   to lonely Banna Strand.
   V
   The R.I.C. are searching for Sir Roger high and low
   They found him in McKenna's fort
   Says they "you are our foe"
   Says he "I'm Roger Casement come to my native land

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   History Edit

   Date

   13 May 1936

   Item type

   Lore

   Writing mode

   Handwritten

   Writing script

   Roman script

   Informant

   • Ailís Ní Goch