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(3.1) When the water came in the hole surc Paddy Walsh was first
JIe jumped up in the booby saying Kale tum ofTthc lighl
He crippled Johnny Boonet (Skanes}
rm sorry to relate
I-Ie says 1"11 tell my Daddy \\hen the grey box I do take
(,,0 'ow the fellows who lhre\\ the water down I mean to tell you plain
It was Spindle Shanks from Avondale.. George Mason was his name
And when he strUck our cod traps sure I thought I would burst
And when he struck our cod traps \\hy Paddy Walsh was first
(5) ow cd Trabey stood in the booby and I know he had it bad
To sec the face ofJoey Puckett \\auld make your heart feel sad
And up jumps Dickie Foley and swore a ripping oalh
Saying, '·Come down Davey Kenney your traps are all afloat"
(6) Now my song is ended I have no more 10 say
To go home in the big three master I'd give my summer pay
We're ccrtain ofa ripping time and I won't say anymorc
And l'lInevcr rorgct my lasltrip down on thc Labrador
(underlined words spoken).103
This mishap took place c. 1904. Kate Foley who had spent sixtecn summers on
the Labrador composed the song after having been shipwrecked. Jose Mason, ·'an old
lady who livcd somewhere down the harbour;' and several other people helped Kate to
compose the song. Kate also helped compose '·Channing Katie Flynn:' which shall be
10) MUNFLA 86-013. C8686.
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