FRANCIS MAHONY

Made the bells of Shandon Sound far more grand on The pleasant waters Of the River Lee.

Fve heard bells tolling Old Adrian's Mole in, Their thunder rolling

From the Vatican, 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 i 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 dear to me,

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