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 FRANCIS MAHONY

And cymbals glorious Swinging uproarious In the gorgeous turrets

Of Notre Dame; But thy sounds were sweeter Than the dome of Peter Flings o'er the Tiber,

Pealing solemnly O, the bells of Shandon Sound far more grand on The pleasant waters

Of the River Lee.

There's a bell in Moscow, While on tower and kiosk O! In Saint Sophia

The Turkman gets, And loud in air Calls men to prayer From the tapering summits

Of tall minarets. Such empty phantom I freely grant them; But there's an anthem

More deai to me, J Tis the bells of Shandon, That sound so grand on The pleasant waters

Of the River Lee.

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