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them boast of the country that gave Patrick his fame, Of the land of the ocean, and Anglian name,
 * With their red blushing roses, and shamrock sae green;

Far dearer to me are the hills of the North, The land of blue mountains, the birth place of worth, Those mountains where freedom has fix'd her abode, Those wide-spreading glens, where no slave ever trode,
 * Where blooms the red heather and thistle sae green.

Though rich be the soil where blossoms the rose And bleak the high mountains, and covered with snows,
 * Where blooms the red heather and thistle sae green;

Yet for friendship sincere, and for loyalty true And for courage so bold, which no foe could subdue,