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School: Dristeran (roll number 2131)

Location:
Dristernan, Co. Donegal
Teacher:
Séamus Ó Cnaimhsighe
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1122, Page 284

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  1. The Loss of the Cambria

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    You Irishmen both one and all wherever you may be
    Come raise you voice in sorrow now and mourn along with me.
    For the loss of the good ship Cambria
    That sunk to raise no more
    With one hundred and seventy nine on board
    Bound for the Shamrock shore.
    On the ninth day of October last
    From New York we set sail on board the gallant Cambria
    With a sweet and a pleasant gale
    Each heart seemed glad no one seemed sad
    As our vessel out the foam to embrace our friends and parents dear
    On Eireann's lovely home.
    Ten days and night we ploughed the seas
    No danger did me fear when to our native Irish coast
    (continues on next page)
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. poetry
        1. folk poetry (~9,504)
    2. time
      1. historical periods by name (~25)
        1. the great famine (~4,013)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Mary Doherty
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Gleneely, Co. Donegal