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1. The Loss of the Cambria (continued)

   

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   In sight it did appear each man and boy did loudly cry
   On toil and trouble over and we will shortly meet our loving friends on the sweet Shamrock Shore.

   Then down below each one did go to wait for morning clear.
   When a dreadful shock against a rock that filled our hearts with fear.
   The passengers all rushed on deck while the stormy seas did roar.
   The womens cries did reach the skies as they sank to rise no more.

   Fore and aft the sea men rushed while fierce did roar the tide
   And instantly four boats were hoised and launched across her side.
   With both men and women they were filled with sorrow we deplore
   But only one survivor ever reached the Shamrock Shore.

   When on the crowded deck we stood
   Each mother clasped her child.

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   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