Andyturner: basic entyry; words from Hammond

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basic entyry; words from Hammond

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'''The Isle of France'''

[[Roud 1575]]

[http://library.efdss.org/cgi-bin/query.cgi?cross=on&type=Song&access=off&op_0=or&field_0=&op_5=or&field_5=&op_9=or&field_9=&op_10=or&field_10=&op_11=or&field_11=&op_12=or&field_12=&op_13=or&field_13=&op_14=or&field_14=&op_15=or&field_15=&op_16=or&field_16=&op_17=or&field_17=&op_18=or&field_18=&op_19=or&field_19=&op_20=or&field_20=&op_21=or&field_21=&op_22=or&field_22=&op_23=or&field_23=&op_24=or&field_24=&op_25=or&field_25=&op_26=or&field_26=&op_47=or&field_47=&fieldshow=single&op=precise&query=isle+of+france&field=all&output=List&length=50&submit=Submit+query&index_roud=on&index_roudbroadside=on VWML Online] lists a considerable number of occurrences - both printed ballads, and in oral tradition (including in Australia).

see http://www.nls.uk/broadsides/broadside.cfm/id/15842 for a typical broadside version.

"The Isle of France" probably refers to Mauritius - see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mauritius

== Collected versions==

Collected by [[H.E.D. Hammond]] from [[Joseph Elliott]], Todber, [[Dorset]], 1905.

#This coastguard waited on the beach Till the convict drove within his reach His tears did fall like drops of rain Young man I fear you’re on Shamrock Green 
#I am a shamrock this convict cried That have been tossed on the ocean wide For being unruly I do declare I’m doomed a transport for seven long year 
#Now six of them being gone and passed I was coming home for to make up one Where the stormy winds do blow and roar Shipwrecked I was on the foreign shore 
#Then the coastguard played his noble part and with some brandy he cheered his heart Although the night it is far advance You shall find a friend on the Isle of France 
#Then a speedy letter went unto the Queen ‘Bout the dreadful fate of the Shamrock Green His freedom cam back by the speedy post To this young man who they thought was lost 
#God bless this coastguard this convict cried You saved my life from the ocean wide I’ll drink your health in a flowing glass So here’s success to the Isle of France

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