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THE LAND WE LIVE IN AND THE LAND WE LEFT by WILLIAM HENRY DRUMMOND

First Line: THE CHILDREN OF THE WESTERN GAEL
Last Line: WE'RE IRISH YET! WE'RE IRISH YET!
Subject(s): IRELAND; IRISH;

Written for the menu of the Irish Protestant Benevolent
Society's annual dinner.

THE children of the Western Gael
Are gathered here this Patrick's night,
To pledge the dear old Innisfail,
To drink her health in bumpers bright.
'T is true we may not see her more,
Still we're not likely to forget,
And though we've sought another shore,
We're Irish yet! We're Irish yet!



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