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FOUR GREEN FIELDS ..............(The Dubliners)... (Fifteen Years On, Part I)

What did I have?
Said the fine old woman
What did I have?
This proud old woman did say

I had four green fields
Each one was a jewel
But strangers came
And tried to take them from me

But my fine strong sons
They fought to save my jewels
They fall'd down, they died
And that was my grief, said she

Long time ago
Said the fine old woman
Long time ago
This proud old woman did say

There was war and death
Plundering and pillage
My children starved
By mountain, valley and stream

And their wailing cries
They reached the very Heavens
And my four green fields
Ran red with their blood, said she

What have I now?
Said the fine old woman
What have I now?
This proud old woman did say

I have four green fields
One of them's in bondage
In strangers' hands
That try to take it from me

But my sons had sons
As brave as were their fathers
And my four green fields
Will bloom once again, said she
And my four green fields
Will bloom once again, said she

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