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The Vow of Tipperary (Author: Thomas Osborne Davis)
p.347
- From Carrick streets to Shannon shore,
From Slievenamon to Ballindeary,
From Longford Pass to Gaillte Mór,
And here I am, alone.
Come hear The Vow of Tipperary.
- Too long we fought for Britain's cause,
And of our blood were never chary;
She paid us back with tyrant laws,
And thinned The Homes of Tipperary.
- Too long with rash and single arm,
The peasant strove to guard his eyrie,
Till Irish blood bedewed each farm,
And Ireland wept for Tipperary.
- But never more we'll lift a hand
We swear by God and Virgin Mary!
Except in war for Native Land,
And that's The Vow of Tipperary!