Miss Cochrane

DESCRIPTION: "It was on an Easter Monday which happened of late, Young Marg'ret got ready and set on her way." Her boat blows out to sea and she is drowned. Her body is never found. Her father says he warned her against sailing on Logh Foyle
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1924 (Sam Henry collection)
KEYWORDS: death drowning ship father
FOUND IN: Ireland
REFERENCES (1 citation):
Henry/Huntingdon/Herrmann-SamHenrysSongsOfThePeople H42a, p. 148, "Miss Cochrane" (1 text, 1 tune)
Roud #9452
SAME TUNE:
Eirigh Suas a Stoirin (Kennedy, #34)
File: HHH042a

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