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T:BELTANE NIGHT
C:Words by Harold Boulton (after the Irish)
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w:From the big high__ hill Fin__-var-ra came The king_ of_ the small round_
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w:hill to shame,'A hill twice as high as yours I_ claim,'Sky
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w:-high,' says I, 'Do you doubt it?' The_ oth-er_ re-plied___ 'Your pride's im-mense, But you
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w:do not ex-cel in_ size or sense If you want to dis-play your
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w:ex-cel-lence,Come put up a bat-tle a_-bout it.'
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w:The_ hosts__ ar-ray'd were_ a
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w:won-drous sight,All sing__-ing and danc-ing and full of fight; Sing
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w:-song, ding-dong, 'twas Bel-tane night When none can stop their va
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w:-ga-ries._ As_ mor-tals_ a-woke_ on_ that
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w:May-day morn There's_ man-y had heard Fin_-var-ra's horn, And the
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w:clash of arms by light winds borne But sun-rise had scat-tered the_ fair-ies.