Worthy Boys of Clone, The

DESCRIPTION: Four "worthy boys of Clone" put to sea at night on December 3. They drown: "A monstrous wave capsized the boat as o'er the Back she sailed." The boys' names are given.
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1946 (Ranson-SongsOfTheWexfordCoast)
KEYWORDS: drowning sea ship storm wreck fishing
FOUND IN: Ireland
REFERENCES (1 citation):
Ranson-SongsOfTheWexfordCoast, pp. 92-93, "The Worthy Boys of Clone" (1 text, 1 tune)
Roud #20533
NOTES [24 words]: Ranson-SongsOfTheWexfordCoast: "The disaster took place about 1850....[The singer] believed the author of the song was a man named Rogers." - BS
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