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12 Jan 03 - 11:12 AM (#865181) Subject: Lyr Req: Thomas David 'Native Swords' ? From: Sabine A friendly hello to everyone out there. Maybe a few will remember me :o) (hopefully....) Someone asked me for the lyrics of the song mentioned above. But I must give in, never heard this before. I also couldn't finde it in the database. It would be great if anyone could help me. Kindest regards Sabine CantaLibre - more than just folk |
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12 Jan 03 - 11:59 AM (#865232) Subject: Lyr Add: NATIVE SWORDS (Thomas Davis) From: weerover NATIVE SWORDS (A Volunteer song - 1st July 1792) We've bent too long to braggart wrong, While force our prayers derided; We've fought too long ourselves among, By knaves and priests divided; United now, no more we'll bow; Foul faction, we discard it; And now, thank God! our native sod Has Native Swords to guard it. Like rivers which, o'er valleys rich, Bring ruin in their water, Our native land a native hand Flung foreign fraud and slaughter. From Dermod's crime to Tudor's time Our clans were our perdition; Religion's name, since then, became Our pretext for division. But, worse than all! with Limerick's fall Our valour seemed to perish; Or, o'er the main, in France and Spain, For bootless vengeance flourish. The peasant here grew pale for fear He'd suffer for our glory, While France sang joy for Fontenoy, And Europe hymned our story. But now no clan nor factions plan The east and west can sunder - Why Ulster e'er should Munster fear Can only wake our wonder. Religion's crost when Union's lost, And "royal gifts" retard it; And now, thank God! our native sod Has Native Swords to guard it. By Thomas Davis, punctuation as in "Irish Minstrelsy" wr |
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12 Jan 03 - 12:31 PM (#865274) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Thomas David 'Native Swords' ? From: masato sakurai The name is not Thomas David, but THOMAS (OSBORNE) DAVIS (1814 - 1845), poet and nationalist. Born 14th Oct 1814, Mallow, County Cork. He was the author of "A Nation Once Again" too. ~Masato |
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12 Jan 03 - 07:12 PM (#865481) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Thomas David 'Native Swords' ? From: masato sakurai Collections of some of his poems: Ballads of Thomas Davis* POETRY OF THOMAS DAVIS Ireland's OWN (go on to "Poetry & Prose", and to "Thomas Davis")* *containing "Native Swords" |