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IRISH SONGS AND LYRICS |
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They answered us with cannon, as befitted well their
fame; And to shoot away our Irish flag each gunner took his
aim ; They ripped it up in ribbons till it fluttered in the air, And riddled it with shot-holes till no Golden Harp was
there; But through the ragged holes the sky did glance and
gleam in light, Just as the twinkling stars shine through God's unfurled flag at night. With dropping fire we sang, " Good-night, and fare ye
well, brave tars ! " Our captain looked aloft: "By Heaven ! the flag is
Stripes and Stars ! "
Stripes and Stars ! So into Boston port we sailed, beneath the Stripes and
Stars. |
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