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I dreamt a dream the other night	A
That an Angel appeared to me clothed in white	A
Oh it was a beautiful sight	A
Such as filled my heart with delight	A
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And in her hand she held a flaming brand	B
Which she waved above her head most grand	B
And on me she glared with love beaming eyes	C
Then she commanded me from my bed to arise	C
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And in a sweet voice she said You must follow me	D
And in a short time you shall see	D
The destruction of all the public houses in the city	D
Which is my friend the God of Heaven's decree	D
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Then from my bed in fear I arose	E
And quickly donned on my clothes	F
And when that was done she said Follow me	D
Direct to the High Street fearlessly	G
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So with the beautiful Angel away I did go	H
And when we arrived at the High Street Oh what a show	H
I suppose there were about five thousand men there	I
All vowing vengeance against the publicans I do declare	I
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Then the Angel cried with a solemn voice aloud	J
To that vast end Godly assembled crowd	J
Gentlemen belonging the fair City of Dundee	D
Remember I have been sent here by God to warn ye	D
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That by God's decree ye must take up arms and follow me	D
And wreck all the public houses in this fair City	D
Because God cannot countenance such dens of iniquity	D
Therefore friends of God come follow me	D
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Because God has said there's no use preaching against strong drink	K
Therefore by taking up arms against it God does think	K
That is the only and the effectual cure	L
To banish it from the land He is quite sure	L
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Besides it has been denounced in Dundee for fifty years	M
By the friends of Temperance while oft they have shed tears	N
Therefore God thinks there's no use denouncing it any longer	O
Because the more that's said against it seemingly it grows stronger	O
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And while the Angel was thus addressing the people	G
The Devil seemed to be standing on the Townhouse Steeple	G
Foaming at the mouth with rage and seemingly much annoyed	P
And kicking the Steeple because the public houses wore going to be destroyed	P
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Then the Angel cried Satan avaunt begone	Q
Then he vanished in the flame to the amazement of everyone	Q
And waving aloft the flaming brand	B
That she carried in her right hand	B
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She cried Now friends of the Temperance cause follow me	D
For remember if's God's high decree	D
To destroy all the public houses in this fair City	D
Therefore friends of God let's commence this war immediately	D
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Then from the High Street we all did retire	R
As the Angel sent by God did desire	O
And along the Perth Road we all did go	H
While the Angel set fire to the public houses along that row	H
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And when the Perth Road public houses were fired she cried Follow me	D
And next I'll fire the Hawkhill public houses instantly	D
Then away we went with the Angel without dread or woe	H
And she fired the IEawkhill public houses as onward we did go	H
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Then she cried Let's on to the Scouringburn in God's name	S
And away to the Scouringburn we went with our hearts aflame	S
As the destroying Angel did command	B
And when there she fired the public houses which looked very grand	B
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And when the public houses there were blazing like a kiln	Q
She cried Now my friends we'll march to the Bonnet Hill	G
And we'll fire the dens of iniquity without dismay	T
Therefore let's march on my friends without delay	T
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And when we arrived at the Bonnet Hill	G
The Angel fired the public houses as she did well	G
Then she cried We'll leave them now to their fate	U
And march on to the Murraygate	U
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Then we marched on to the Murraygate	U
And the Angel fired the public houses there a most deserving fate	U
Then to the High Street we marched and fired them there	I
Which was a most beautiful blaze I do declare	I
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And on the High Street old men and women were gathered there	I
And as the flames ascended upwards in amazement they did stare	I
When they saw the public houses in a blaze	V
But they clapped their hands with joy and to God gave praise	V
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Then the Angel cried Thank God Christ's Kingdom's near at hand	U
And there will soon be peace and plenty throughout the land	U
And the ravages of the demon Drink no more will be seen	Q
But alas I started up in bed and behold it was a dream	W

William Topaz Mcgonagall

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