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(1) [Page 37] - Sprig of shillelah and shamrock so green
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love, all for love, tor in that ho dolights'Wilh his sprig of smile Ink and shamrock so green
Who has e'er had thehirk to soe.Doniiybrook.foir,
An Irishman a)! j tikis glory 13 there,
With bis spi'igof shilJelahaud shamrock sogjtfrta*
His clothes spick and span new, ivilhout efer-a
speck.,
AniceHarcelona lied. remind his neat neck..
He goes to a tent, and he spends I»a3£& crown .
H.e meets "with a fri end,and for love knocks
him riown,
With h i s sp rig of shillelak and sha a iror.k so green.
\t ev'iiing re turning, a*homs ward he goes,
Hishoart soil, with whisky, bis head soft with
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From a sprig of shillemfe nrA shamrock gogre&n:
He meets with his Shelah^ho.hktshingasinilt.;.
Cries, Get along,Fat'y»fceo»jient.3 all Hie while;
To the priest soar, they gc,a»drAne months at.
ter that
Aiinefaahy cries^Howdye do, father Pa t?"
With 3 r our Hprigofsbmpkihandeharoroiksogieen.
Bless the country, says 1, that, gave. Patrick, hi* hirih
Bless the land of the oak and its neighbouring earth.
Where grow the shiilelah and shamrock 90 green .
May the iAon* of die Thajnes, me Tweed,nnd*hu Shannon,
Druh the foe who dare plant at our confines a cannon :
United and happy at hi ovalty's shrine,
Maj'titeroge andfhe tkistLelong flotirisb-and twine
J&o vmd a sprig of. 9 hill eiah and shamrock, so green !
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Price One Halfpenny.

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