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1. A Local Ballad - Captain Burns and the Schooner B.I. (continued)

   

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   vi
   When the owner came and heard the news,
   A wrathful man was he.
   He told the "Darkie" he was no use,
   He knew nothing of ships or the sea.
   He cursed like---, and said well, well,
   My information I'll buy,
   Five pounds I'll give to arrest the thief,
   That raided the schooner B.I.
   vii
   Now Captain Burns is an honest man,
   He resented the owner's remark,
   He says since I took charge of your hulk,
   I'm working from daylight till dark.
   I've welts on my feet from tramping the deck,

   
   Note:
   The above was composed by Mr. William O'Dwyer, a Tipperary man who spent some time in the locality during the past few years superintending the closing of a breach in the river bank, and various works undertaken by the Irish Land Commission.
   L.óC.

   

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   Language

   English

   Collector

   James Doherty

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Cheekpoint, Co. Waterford