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Dermot O'Brien
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Banna Strand
'Twas On Good Friday Morning All In The Month Of May A German Ship Was Signalling Beyond There In The Bay With Twenty Thousand Rifles All Ready For To Land But No Answering Signal Came From The Lonely Banna Strand 'No Signal Answers From The Shore' Sir Roger Sadly Said 'No Comrades Here To Welcome Me Alas They Must Be Dead But I Must Do My Duty And At Once I Mean To Land' So In A Boat He Pulled Ashore To Lonely Banna Strand The German Ship Was Lying There With Rifles By The Store Up Came A British Ship And Spoke 'No Germans Reached The Shore You Are Our Empires Enemy And So We Bid You Stand No German Foot Shall Ever Loot The Lonely Banna Strand' They Took Sir Roger Prisoner Find more lyrics at ※ Mojim.com And Sailed For London Town And In The Tower They Laid Him As A Traitor To The Crown Said He 'I Am No Traitor' But His Trial He Had To Stand For Bringing German Rifles To The Lonely Banna Strand 'Twas In An English Prison That They Led Him To His Death 'I'm Dying For My Country' He Said With His Last Breath They Laid Him In A Prison Yard Far From His Native Land And The Wild Waves Sing His Requiem On Lonely Banna Strand They Took Sir Roger Home Again In The Year Of '65 And With His Comrades Of '16 In Tranquil Peace He Lies His Last Fond Wish It Is Fulfilled Lie In His Native Land And The Waves Will Roll In Peace Again On The Lonely Banna Strand
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