Shamrock Shore (V), The

DESCRIPTION: Emigrants board at Londonderry and sail down Ireland's shore leaving familiar sights behind. All get seasick, survive a storm, land safely at St John's 33 days later, and praise the captain and crew, "never slow to help us"
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1820 (Moulden-ThousandsAreSailing)
KEYWORDS: homesickness emigration travel sea ship sea drink storm Ireland sailor
FOUND IN: Ireland
REFERENCES (1 citation):
Moulden-ThousandsAreSailing, pp. 32-33, "The Shamrock Shore" (1 text, 1 tune)
Roud #37765
CROSS-REFERENCES:
cf. "Paddy's Green Shamrock Shore" (subject, plot)
File: MTAS032

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