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8 THE SPIRIT OF THE NATION.
THE IRISH CATHOLIC TO HIS PROTESTANT
BROTHER.
" Oh, Paddy, ray boy,
What makes you so shy
To join with your Protestant brother,
Your brother ?
Sure, you '11 never thrive,
Unless you contrive
To be on good terms with each other,
Each other.' '
Old Song.
I.
What curse is on our land and us,
That bigot strife so long has lasted —
That every cheering prospect thus
Is by its fatal influence blasted !
That still, when round our banner green
The dawning hope of freedom rallies,
Religious discord comes between,
To mix her poison in the chalice !
ii.
Religious discord ! Oh ! shall man,
The worm by doubt and darkness bounded,
His fellow-creature dare to ban,
For faith, in God, sincerely founded !
A holier gospel let us preach,
In spite of angry bigots' railing —
His own eternal hope to each ;
But love and peace through all prevailing.
in.
And are not all our ties the same —
One sod beneath — one blue sky o'er us ;
True Irish both, in heart and name —
One lot, or dark, or bright before us ?
THE IRISH CATHOLIC TO HIS PROTESTANT
BROTHER.
" Oh, Paddy, ray boy,
What makes you so shy
To join with your Protestant brother,
Your brother ?
Sure, you '11 never thrive,
Unless you contrive
To be on good terms with each other,
Each other.' '
Old Song.
I.
What curse is on our land and us,
That bigot strife so long has lasted —
That every cheering prospect thus
Is by its fatal influence blasted !
That still, when round our banner green
The dawning hope of freedom rallies,
Religious discord comes between,
To mix her poison in the chalice !
ii.
Religious discord ! Oh ! shall man,
The worm by doubt and darkness bounded,
His fellow-creature dare to ban,
For faith, in God, sincerely founded !
A holier gospel let us preach,
In spite of angry bigots' railing —
His own eternal hope to each ;
But love and peace through all prevailing.
in.
And are not all our ties the same —
One sod beneath — one blue sky o'er us ;
True Irish both, in heart and name —
One lot, or dark, or bright before us ?
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| Description | Ballads and songs by the writers of "The Nation", with original and ancient music, arranged for the voice and piano-forte. [Edited by Sir Charles G. Duffy.] Dublin: Published by James Duffy, 1845. |
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| Shelfmark | Glen.196 |
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| Description | Scottish songs and music of the 18th and early 19th centuries, including music for the Highland bagpipe. These are selected items from the collection of John Glen (1833 to 1904). Also includes a few manuscripts, some treatises, and other books on the subject. |
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| Description | The Glen Collection and the Inglis Collection represent mainly 18th and 19th century Scottish music, including Scottish songs. The collections of Berlioz and Verdi collected by bibliographer Cecil Hopkinson contain contemporary and later editions of the works of the two composers Berlioz and Verdi. |
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