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Version 1

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T:The Flight Of The Earls
C:Alfred Perceval Graves - words
C:Charles Villiers Stanford - music
O:Ireland
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w:1.To oth-er shores -a -cross the sea we speed with swel - ling - sail. Yet
w:2.As slow-ly in - to - dis-tance dim Your sha-dow sinks - and - dies, So
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w:still there lin - gers - on our lee A phan-tom In - nis - fail Oh
w:o'er the o - cean's - ut-most rim A-noth-er realm - shall - rise; New
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w:fear not fear not gen-tle ghost Your sons shall turn un-true Though
w:hills shall swell, new vales ex-pand, New ri-vers wind-ing flow, But
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w:fain to fly - your - love-ly coast they leave their hearts - with - you.  - 3.Shall
w:could we for - a - fos-ter land Your mo-ther-love - fore- - go?
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w:mi-ghty Es - pan's - mar-tial praise our pat-riot pul - ses - still And
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w:o'er your mem- - y's - fer-vent rays For-ev-er cast - a - chill? Oh
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w:no! we live for your rel-ief, Till home from al-ien earth We
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w:share the smile - that - gilds your grief, The tear that gems - your - mirth.
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W:To other shores across the sea
W:We speed with swelling sail;
W:Yet still there lingers on our lee
W:A phantom Innisfail.
W:Oh fear, fear not, gentle ghost,
W:Your sons shall turn untrue!
W:Though fain to fly your lovely coast,
W:They leave their hearts with you.
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W:As slowly into distance dim
W:Your shadow sinks and dies,
W:So o'er the ocean's utmost rim
W:Another realm shall rise;
W:New hills shall swell, new vales expand,
W:New rivers winding flow,
W:But could we for a foster land
W:Your mother-love forego?
W:
W:3
W:Shall mighty Espan's martial praise
W:Our patriot pulses still,
W:And o'er your memory's fervent rays
W:Forever cast a chill?
W:Oh, no! we live for your relief,
W:Till home from alien earth
W:We share the smile that gilds your grief,
W:The tear that gems your mirth.
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W:The Flight Of The Earls - version 2
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W:1 
W:Beside the camp fire's fitful blaze 
W:Amid the forest drear, 
W:I picture in the dying rays, 
W:The home to me so dear; 
W:The lowly cot, the leaping stream, 
W:The spire upon the hill, 
W:I see them as I lie and dream, 
W:My heart is with them still. 
W:.
W:2 
W:To my green Isle my thoughts return 
W:Sweet Erin ever blest, 
W:For thy deep valleys oft I yearn, 
W:Wherein my kindred rest, 
W:The shamrock springs within my heart 
W:When Patrick's day is nigh, 
W:For though from home and friends apart, 
W:To them fond mem'ries fly. 
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W:3 
W:The loving hearts I've left behind 
W:With mine in exile beat, 
W:A joyful welcome sure I'll find 
W:When there some day we meet;  
W:O haste ye weary laggard years,  
W:O speed me o'er the foam, 
W:To greet again, 'mid happy tears, 
W:My native land! my home!

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Song by Alfred Perceval Graves and Charles Villiers Stanford
Country of origin: Ireland

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