School: Cnoc Bríde (1)
- Location:
- Knockbride, Co. Cavan
- Teacher: (name not given)
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1015, Page 161
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“The following song was composed on The Drowning at Lough Sillan...”
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They were not long arrived
Till the waters bloomed their side
Till the fateful boat was watching
For them on every side.
And when they were seated out.
It would make your heart rejoice.
To see their innocent pastimes.
And to hear their laughing voice.
They gave three cheers of joy.
As they moved out from the shore
But little it was their motion
That they would not return anymore.
V
They scarcely were a mile from land
Till their cries were heard quite clear
The boat began to spring a leak.
And shook them all with fear
In terror shook their cries for help
Could be heard for miles around.
But before relief could reach them
To the bottom they went down.
IV
It would take a tear from the strongest heart
That ever been in man
To see their parents that evening
All around Lough Sillan strand(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Mary Crosson
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Kinnea, Co. Cavan
- Informant
- Mrs Dermott
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 50
- Address
- Killaliss, Co. Cavan