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1. Local Song - Glenrose (continued)

   

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   Or when did they put to sea.

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   "Six all," she said, "have been on board
   And, five of them the crew
   One youth he went for pleasure sir
   Poor lad he perished too
   'Twas in the summer fishing
   That season of the year
   They sailed away from Courtown,
   From friends that loved them dear.

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   They sailed out to the fishing ground,
   They spent some time in prayer,
   And like experienced fishermen
   Their nets they shot with care.
   When morning rose put on oil clothes
   And then prepared to haul
   And we are told she was capsized
   All by a bitter squall.

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   Before I do lay down my pen
   There's one request I crave
   That you'll pray for those poor men
   Who met with watery graves.

   The above poem referrs to a fishing boat which was lost in the year 1865 on the 9th June at

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   Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.

   History Edit

   Topics

   1. genre
      1. poetry
         1. folk poetry (~9,504)

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Mary Darcy

   Gender

   Female

   Age

   15

   Address

   Riverchapel, Co. Wexford

   Informant

   Mrs Mary Mac Loughlin

   Gender

   Female

   Age

   80

   Address

   Riverchapel, Co. Wexford