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A mother kneels by the cradle	A
Where her little infant lies	B
And she sees the ghastly shadows	C
Creeping around his eyes	B
And she clasps her hands together	D
And her heart beats loud and wild	E
And she cries in a gush of anguish	F
'O Father save my child	E
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'Oh do not do not take him	G
So soon to the home on high	H
My beautiful dark eyed darling	I
O God he must not die	H
I cannot pray in meekness	B
'My Father's will be done '	-
I can only cry in anguish	F
'Oh save my infant son ''	-
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	-
Slowly the ghastly shadows	B
Crept from the baby's eyes	B
And the mother saw the bright orbs	B
Open in sweet surprise	B
And she heard the lisping prattle	A
And the childish laugh again	J
And she clasped him close to her bosom	K
And her glad tears fell like rain	L
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The mother stands at the window	M
Watching the night come down	N
As it settles slowly slowly	O
Over the busy town	N
And the withered face is troubled	P
And she sighs in a weary way	Q
'Oh where does my darling tarry	O
Now at the close of day	Q
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'Surely his task is ended	R
Why is it he does not come '	-
Ah mother one word will answer	D
And that one word is Rum	K
He stands at the bar this moment	S
Draining the tempter's bowl	T
And your beautiful boy has entered	U
His name on the drunkards' roll	T
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Ah well your prayer was answered	U
You prayed that he might not die	H
That he might not join the angels	B
Who dwell in their home on high	H
O mother say is it better	D
Or is it worse than death	V
To see your darling stagger	D
And feel his rum foul breath	V
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You could not pray 'My Father	D
Thy will not mine be done '	-
But cried in your deaf blind sorrow	M
'Oh save my infant son '	-
And is he saved fond mother	D
And which is better pray	Q
To know he is there in the rum shop	W
Or under the grass to day	Q
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O God of a mighty nation	X
When shall the glad day be	O
That the liquor reign is ended	R
And our land is truly free	O
When our darling boys may wander	D
Through all its length and breadth	Y
With never a serpent lurking	I
To slay them in their strength	Z
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Full many a year has vanished	A2
Since the grand triumphant day	Q
When we stood in bold defiance	B
Of a tyrant monarch's sway	Q
And now in a blood red torrent	S
At the price of a million graves	B
We have swept the bonds and shackles	B
From the hands of a million slaves	B
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And yet we are under a tyrant	S
And yet we are slaves to day	Q
And we do not bid defiance	B
To the baleful liquor sway	Q
Up O ye mourning captives	B
Strike at the tyrant's hand	B2
Loosen his hold for ever	D
Deliver a bondaged land	B2

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