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L'Entente Cordiale
July 8, 1903.
“The Marseillaise,” and then “God Save the King,”
“God Save the King,” and then, “The Marseillaise,”
And we who dwell beyond the Dunmail Raise
Heard the loud music with its double wing
Sweep thro' the land rich benison to bring.
To-day for Europe dawns the best of days,
To-day that angel Concord all men praise
Has turned our winter of mistrust to spring.
“God Save the King,” and then, “The Marseillaise,”
And we who dwell beyond the Dunmail Raise
Heard the loud music with its double wing
Sweep thro' the land rich benison to bring.
To-day for Europe dawns the best of days,
To-day that angel Concord all men praise
Has turned our winter of mistrust to spring.
Perfidious Albion now no more shall be
Spat on by blue-bloused gamins; France our foe—
In fancy not in fact—henceforth is friend;
Peace builds her bridge across the sundering sea,
On British soil again love-lilies blow,
And back to France our English rose we send.
Spat on by blue-bloused gamins; France our foe—
In fancy not in fact—henceforth is friend;
Peace builds her bridge across the sundering sea,
On British soil again love-lilies blow,
And back to France our English rose we send.
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