{"id":681,"date":"2008-09-23T09:45:02","date_gmt":"2008-09-23T09:45:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.writingsinrhyme.com\/?p=681"},"modified":"2014-09-23T09:46:15","modified_gmt":"2014-09-23T09:46:15","slug":"from-these-lands-they-came","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/index.php\/from-these-lands-they-came\/","title":{"rendered":"From These Lands They Came"},"content":{"rendered":"

A Song for the Lowlanders<\/a> by Tom\u00e1s \u00d3 C\u00e1rthaigh
\n\u00a9 2008 Tom\u00e1s \u00d3 C\u00e1rthaigh<\/p>\n

\n

\n{Refrain}
\nFrom these lands they came,
\nAnd they rose to fame
\nAcross the world wide.
\nAnd man to man,
\nEach done what he can
\nTo make a nation they tried<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

And a world they carved from nothing there,
\nFrom a landscape hard and fair,
\nAnd today the USA
\nOwes of its success to the Lowlanders a share.<\/p>\n

\n

{Refrain}<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

There was Dutch and English, and there were Germans too,
\nCatholic and Protestant, Mormon and Jew.
\nAnd the stars and stripes that today flies
\nOn the backs of Lowlanders was raised.
\nAnd none are surprised
\nWhen they are for their contribution praised.<\/p>\n

\n

{Refrain}<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Sure wrong was done to clear the land,
\nAs happens everywhere,
\nAnd maybe its true that there should stand
\nOnly Indian and buffalo without a care.
\nBut history is what it is,
\nAnd there\u2019s nothing we can do.
\nAnd nations that never wronged another
\nIn this world are few.<\/p>\n

\n

{Refrain}<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

To live their lives and worship God
\nAs each man saw fit,
\nTo work and raise their young
\nTheir ambition, that was it.
\nTo live their lives of bondage free
\nAnd help others do the same,
\nTo make a better land than they were from
\nTo America they came\u00a0…<\/p>\n

\n

{Refrain}<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A Song for the Lowlanders by Tom\u00e1s \u00d3 C\u00e1rthaigh \u00a9 2008 Tom\u00e1s \u00d3 C\u00e1rthaigh {Refrain} From these lands they came, And they rose to fame Across the world wide. 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