A Nation Once Again Harmonica Tabs

by Thomas Osborne Davis

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When boyhood’s fire was in my blood

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I read of ancient freemen,

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For Greece and Rome who bravely stood,

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Three hundred men and three men;

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Then I prayed I yet might see

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Our fetters rent in twain,

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And Ireland, long a province, be.

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A Nation once again!

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A Nation once again,

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A Nation once again,

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And lreland, long a province, be

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A Nation once again!

And from that time, through wildest woe,
That hope has shone a far light,
Nor could love’s brightest summer glow
Outshine that solemn starlight;
It seemed to watch above my head
In forum, field and fane,
Its angel voice sang round my bed,
A Nation once again!

It whisper’d too, that freedom’s ark
And service high and holy,
Would be profaned by feelings dark
And passions vain or lowly;
For, Freedom comes from God’s right hand,
And needs a Godly train;
And righteous men must make our land
A Nation once again!

So, as I grew from boy to man,
I bent me to that bidding
My spirit of each selfish plan
And cruel passion ridding;
For, thus I hoped some day to aid,
Oh, can such hope be vain ?
When my dear country shall be made
A Nation once again!