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I speak with a proud tongue of the people who were	A
And the people who are	B
The worthy of Ardara the Rosses and Inishkeel	C
My kindred	D
The people of the hills and the dark haired passes	E
My neighbours on the lift of the brae	F
In the lap of the valley	C
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To them Slainthe	G
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I speak of the old men	H
The wrinkle rutted	D
Who dodder about foot weary	C
For their day is as the day that has been and is no more	I
Who warm their feet by the fire	A
And recall memories of the times that are gone	J
Who kneel in the lamplight and pray	F
For the peace that has been theirs	K
And who beat one dry veined hand against another	A
Even in the sun	L
For the coldness of death is on them	M
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I speak of the old women	L
Who danced to yesterday's fiddle	C
And dance no longer	A
They sit in a quiet place and dream	N
And see visions	O
Of what is to come	P
Of their issue	Q
Which has blossomed to manhood and womanhood	R
And seeing thus	S
They are happy	C
For the day that was leaves no regrets	T
And peace is theirs	K
And perfection	L
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I speak of the strong men	H
Who shoulder their burdens in the hot day	F
Who stand in the market place	U
And bargain in loud voices	E
Showing their stock to the world	V
Straight the glance of their eyes	W
Broad shouldered	X
Supple	C
Under their feet the holms blossom	P
The harvest yields	Y
And their path is of prosperity	C
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I speak of the women	L
Strong hipped full bosomed	C
Who drive the cattle to graze at dawn	J
Who milk the cows at dusk	Z
Grace in their homes	A2
And in the crowded ways	B2
Modest and seemly	C
Mother of children	L
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I speak of the children	L
Of the many townlands	B2
Blossoms of the Bogland	C
Flowers of the Valley	C
Who know not yesterday nor to morrow	C2
And are happy	C
The pride of those who have begot them	M
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And thus it is	B2
Ever and always	B2
And Ardara the Rosses and Inishkeel	C
Here as elsewhere	D2
The Weak the Strong and the Blossoming	E2
And thus my kindred	C
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To them Slainthe	G

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