The Irish Rover
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title:
The Irish Rover
text:
"The Irish Rover" is an Irish folk song about a magnificent though improbable sailing ship that reaches an unfortunate end. It has been recorded by numerous artists, with the lyrics changing over time due to the folk process. The song describes a gigantic ship with "twenty-three masts", a colourful crew and varied types of cargo in enormous amounts. The verses grow successively more extravagant about the wonders of the great ship. The seven-year voyage culminates in a disastrous end, after the s
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encyclopedia
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Irish folk song
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Irish_Rover
date created:
2006-06-29T17:56:54Z
date modified:
2024-09-06T03:17:29Z
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