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IRISH SONGS AND LYRICS 283 |
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JOHN JEROME ROONEY IRELAND SHALL BE FREE1
Air : " The Memory of the Dead"
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Y all the glories of our race That never yet were slaves, By every memory-hallowed place That holds our martyr graves, In heaven's sight, by freemen's right, From troubled sea to sea.
In deathless troth we pledge our oath — Old Ireland shall be free !
We claim no right we do not give,
None less shall be our lot — God made one law for all who live,
In palace or in cot. Then who shall take the bread we make
By sweat of hand or brow?—
Not you, Sir Lord—save by the sword — We shall have justice now !
1 Sung first at Providence, R. I., by Wm. Luding, the Irish baritone. |
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