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The Shannon Drowning 1893On
the 15th of August In
the year of ninety three Heart
rending was the news That
spread in this locality Each
man and boy did breath a praye Each man woman shed a tear For the souls of those poor victims Who were drowned upon
the sea From
Moyne Quay they sailed away For
Tarbert they were bound But little was their notion That
night they would be drowned On
reaching Carrig Island The
seas began to roar Their
screams and cries they pierced the skies When
they found they were no more No
doubt it was a dreadful sight As
everybody knows To
see then plunging in the deep Without
a place to go Their
fate will be recorded along the Kerry shore God
Bless their wives and families that they will see no more The
names of those I will disclose In
hopes youll for them pray That
they may gain salvation Upon
that Judgement Day Maurice
Murphy and his loving son The
owners of the boat God
help his wife and family His loss they may deplore The
next was Miss Scanlon Likewise
her sister Kate With
Michael and Brigid I
t grieves me to relate They
went on a tour of pleasure But
little did they know They
swelling tide would rise so high And
prove their overthrow The
next was Patrick Lyndon And
his loving sister too Michael
and Thomas B uvenizer It
grieves me to tell you Bill
Naughton and John Holly Tom
Gleasure a neat young man May
the lord have mercy on their souls And
I hope you’ll say Amen The
next was Hannah Sullivan And
Nora Fitzgerald III explain Hannah
Mc.Grath and Richard Allen You
all do know their names I
hope their souls are happy Let
every Christmas pray That
they gain salvation Upon
the Judgement Day Around
the coast o f Kerry Likewise
the coast of Clare Each
heart did beat with sorrow And
in silence breathed a prayer Unto
the Blessed Virgin And
the lord who rules on high To
have mercy on there precious souls For
suddenly they did die.
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