God Save Ireland

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T: God Save Ireland
C: words: Timothy Daniel Sullivan (1867)
C: melody: George Frederick Root (1864)
R: march
%O: words: Irish
%O: music: American (Tramp, Tramp, Tramp)
Z: 2025 John Chambers <jc:trillian.mit.edu>
M: 2/4
L: 1/8
K: G
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w:1.~High up-on the gal-lows tree swung the no-ble heart-ed Three,
w:2.~Girt a-round with cru-el foes, still their spi-rit proud-ly rose,
w:3.~Climbed they up the rug-ged stair, rang their voi-ces out in prayer,
w:4.~Ne-ver 'til the lat-est day shall the mem-ory pass a-way,
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w: by the venge-ful ty-rant strick-en in their bloom.*
w: for they thought of hearts that loved them far and near.
w: Then with Eng-land's fat-al cord a-bout them cast.
w: Of those gal-lant lives thus giv-en for our land.
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w: But they met him face to face with the cour-age of their race
w: Of the mil-lions true and brave o'er the oc-ean's swell-ing wave,
w: Close be-side the gal-lows tree, kissed like bro-thers lov-ing-ly,
w: And_ on the cause must go, a-midst joy and weal and woe,
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w: and they went with souls un-daunt-ed to their doom.*
w: and the friends in ho-ly Ire-land ev-er dear.
w: True to home and faith, and free-dom to the last!
w: 'Til we make our isle a na-tion, free and grand!
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w: "God save Ire-land" said the her-oes; "God save Ire-land" said they all._
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w: "Wheth-er on the scaf-fold high or the bat-tle-field we die, oh, what mat-ter when, for Er-in dear, we fall!"
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