School: An Corrbhaile
- Location:
- Corbally, Co. Clare
- Teacher: Máirtín Mac Coitir
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0627, Page 319
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- (continued from previous page)even one precious life could save.
6.There are three gone now but the other two
Are struggliing right bravely yet
With manly brows? to the heavens laid bare
And their teeth in agony set
Each meets the wave with its warm breast
And strikes through the blinding foam
For the love of life- for the love of wife
For the love of his cherished home.7.There is one left now and his dwelling lies
Low down on the rugged shore
And he knows that three little lads are there
At play round his cabin door
With the strength of noble manhood's prime
With the hopes of the future high
With the land in sight and life so bright
He will not-he cannot die.8.It is o'er the struggle was dire but brief
The last of the five is gone
Those gallant men who for other lives
Were so ready to risk their own
We do not bid you a long farewell(continues on next page)
