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1. Lake Tragedy Tale (continued)

   

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   fame,
   He was called home to eternity,
   In eighteen hundred and sixty three,
   On a pleasant evening his course did take
   For a recreation to Whitewood lake,
   He undressed himself its plain to view,
   And the art of swimming right well he knew.
   When scarce three minutes had passed away
   Those words to his comrades did say,
   Oh murder! Murder! will you come here
   And see what is it that holds me here,
   My hands are bound and my feet also,
   And to the bottom I'll shortly go
   I thought to aid him twas in vain,
   I strove to cut it but failed again
   Caught in a net or a fishing line
   That was the last of the young divine.
   His tender mother went almost wild,
   When she beheld her beloved child,

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   History Edit

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Margaret Clarke

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Mullaghavally, Co. Meath

   Informant

   Peter Clarke

   Relation

   Parent

   Gender

   Male

   Age

   58

   Address

   Mullaghavally, Co. Meath