Isle of France-Kris Drever

[ti:Isle of France] [ar:Kris Drever] [al:Storymap] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Isle of France - Kris Drever [00:35.04]Oh the sky was dark and the night advanced [00:40.55] [00:41.56]When a convict came to the Isle of France [00:48.39] [00:49.44]And around his leg was a ring and chain [00:56.09] [00:57.33]And his country was of the Shamrock Green [01:03.56] [01:04.22]I am of the Shamrock the convict cried [01:09.85] [01:11.16]I have been tossed on the ocean wide [01:17.54] [01:18.84]For being unruly I do declare [01:25.77] [01:26.88]I was doomed to transport for seven long years [01:32.72] [01:33.87]When six of them they were past and gone [01:39.53] [01:40.68]I was coming home to make up the one [01:47.21] [01:48.56]Stormy winds sea do blow and roar [01:55.33] [01:56.17]And she cast me here on this foreign shore [02:01.98] [02:32.39]Then the coastguard played a gloabal part [02:37.40] [02:38.89]And with some brandy he cheered the convict's heart [02:45.47] [02:46.87]Although the night does so far advanced [02:53.41] [02:54.27]You shall find a friend on the Isle of France [03:00.84] [03:01.73]A speedy letter went to the Queen [03:07.66] [03:08.62]About the wreck of the Shamrock Green [03:15.46] [03:16.40]His freedom came by a speedy post [03:23.24] [03:24.27]For the absent convict but they thought was lost [03:30.17] [03:31.00]God bless the coastguard the convict cried [03:36.58] [03:38.02]He's saved my life from the ocean wide [03:44.41] [03:46.02]Drinking you health fallen flowing glass [03:52.64] [03:53.65]So here's success to the Isle of France