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Thread #9739   Message #1481999
Posted By: Jim Dixon
10-May-05 - 06:42 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: Dawn on the Irish Coast (John Locke)
Subject: RE: Lyrics for 'Glory be to God there it is dawn
Here's another version of the first stanza, from a biographical page about John Locke:

T'anam chun Dia! but there it is-
The dawn on the hills of Ireland!
God's angels lifting the nights's black veil
From the fair, sweet face of my sireland!
O, Ireland! isn't it grand to look-
Like a bride in her rich adornin'!
With all the pent-up love of my heart
I bid you the top o'the morning'!