Correction Lyrics Isle of France (Live) by Traditional

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Oh, the sky was dark and the clouds advanced
When a convict came to the Isle of France
And round his leg he wore a ring and chain
And his country was of the Shamrock Green

"I am from the Shamrock," the convict cried
"That has been tossed on the ocean wide
For being unruly I do declare
I was doomed to transport these seven long years"

"When six of them they were up and past
I was coming home to make up the last
When the winds did blow and the seas did roar
And they cast me here on this foreign shore"

And then the coastguard, he played a part
And with some brandy he cheered the convict's heart
"Although the night is far advanced
You shall find a friend on the Isle of France"

So he sent a letter all to the Queen
Concerning the wreck of the Shamrock Green
And his freedom came by a speedy post
For the absent convict they thought was lost
"God bless the coastguard," the convict cried
"For he's saved my life from the ocean wide
I'll drink his health in a flowing gla**
And here's success to the Isle of France"

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