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T: A Nation Once Again   [G]
C: Thomas Davis (1814-1845)
%D: 1840s
S: Printed page 116 from unknown book.
Z: 2017 John Chambers <jc:trillian.mit.edu>
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M: C
K: G
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w:1.~When boy-hood's* fire was in my blood I read of an-*ci-ent free men.
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w: For Greece and* Rome who brave-ly stood three hun-dred men* and* three men.
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w: And then I prayed I yet might see our fet-ters rent in twain, 
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w: and* Ire-land, long a prov-ince, be a na-tion once a-gain.
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w: A na-tion once a-gain. A na-tion once a-gain.
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w: And Ire-land,* long a* prov-ince,* be a* na-tion* once a-gain.
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W:2. And from that time, through wildest woe,   That hope has shone a far light,
W: Nor could love's brightest summer glow   Outshine that solemn starlight;
W: It seemed to watch above my head   In forum, field and fane,
W: Its angel voice sang round my bed,   A Nation once again!
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W:    Chorus.
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W:3. It whisper'd too, that freedom's ark   And service high and holy,
W: Would be profaned by feelings dark   And passions vain or lowly;
W: For, Freedom comes from God's right hand,   And needs a Godly train;
W: And righteous men must make our land   A Nation once again!
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W:    Chorus
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W:4. So, as I grew from boy to man,   I bent me to that bidding
W: My spirit of each selfish plan   And cruel passion ridding;
W: For, thus I hoped some day to aid,   Oh, can such hope be vain ?
W: When my dear country shall be made   A Nation once again!
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W:    Chorus
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