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fields where Killarney calls to them. Come, my lad, it's Ninety-Eight and sing "The Croppy Boy." Long ago the stranger came and learned to love the ways of her, Irish more than Irish the Norman foe became; Sure and here across the sea you give your hearts to praise of her, The tear and smile within her eyes that ever are the same. Not for gold or little fame the two of us to go about, I that do the talkin', and the little lad that sings, We to win your love for her, the Land you're glad to know about, The wonder land of Erin and the memories it brings. THE GREEN BRIGADE ON THE FIELD OF CORN Where is the war ye march unto, From the early tents of morn? And what are the deeds ye hope to do, Brave Grenadiers of Corn? Pearls of the dew are on your hair, And the jewels of morning light, Pennants of green ye fling to the air, And the tall plumes waving bright. Gaily away and steady ye go, Never a faltering line: Forward! I follow and try to know Word of your countersign: Hist! The spies of the tyrant sun Eagerly watch your plan, Lavish with bribes of gold, they run Down to your outmost man. Steady, good lads, go bravely on By the parching hills of pain, An armor of shade ye soon may don And meet the allies of rain: And night in the bivouac hours will sing Praise of the march ye made, And into your pockets good gold will bring, Men of the Green Brigade. Yea, and upon September's field, When the long campaign is done, With arms up-stacked, your hearts will yield Conquest of rain and sun: The pennants and plumes will then be sere, Your pearls delight no morn, But tents of plenty will bless the year, Brave Grenadiers of Corn. ALLELUIA HEIGHT Obedience to the seasons' marshall-rod, That is a law of God, Here beauty passes with her gorgeous train, On paths that range from bud to grain. O, here the searching eyes In traffic for the soul's good gain Earn wealth of rare delight. Far pathways of surprise, In color's frumenty bedight, Lead off from avenues of day Through miles of pageantries: And from the starry chancels of the night And the inscrutable farther skies, Beyond where trackless comets stray, Outspreads a world in thought's array. And lo
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