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A BIRTHDAY GREETING.
Ring the bells in every steeple!
Fire the cannons great and small!
Shout with all your hearts, good people—
Then come listen one and all
Till I tell you what they mean—
'Tis the birthday of a queen!
Fire the cannons great and small!
Shout with all your hearts, good people—
Then come listen one and all
Till I tell you what they mean—
'Tis the birthday of a queen!
Ring the bells and fire the cannon!
Cry hurrah! with all your power.
On the banks of Thames or Shannon
Never bloomed a fairer flower
Than this Lady of the North
Born beside the silver Forth!
Cry hurrah! with all your power.
On the banks of Thames or Shannon
Never bloomed a fairer flower
Than this Lady of the North
Born beside the silver Forth!
Yes, this Lady—who may she be?
Scornfully I hear you say.
Well, her foremost title's Liebe,
And her second name is May.
Love and Summer we've within,
Independent of your din!
Scornfully I hear you say.
Well, her foremost title's Liebe,
And her second name is May.
Love and Summer we've within,
Independent of your din!
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