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Thread #141479   Message #3256337
Posted By: GUEST,henryp
13-Nov-11 - 02:56 PM
Thread Name: Death by drowning in traditional songs
Subject: RE: Death by drowning in traditional songs
Riley the Fisherman

It was then twelve months after, she was walking by the sea
When Riley he came back again and took his love away
The ship was wrecked, all hands was lost, her father grieved full sore
He found his daughter in Riley's arms, drowned upon the shore

Collected by Ralph Vaughan Williams from George Hall in Hooton Roberts in 1907; sung by Coope Boyes and Simpson on Triple Echo, and the Roses and Thorns Choir in The Toilers' Gift concerts.