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1. The Chapel Song of Swanlinbar (continued)

   “In the year 1870 the landlord planned to pull down the Church at Swanlinbar,...”

   

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   (2)

   Tradition mentions without contradiction
   How blessed Saint Patrick, he was sent o'er
   By Pope Celestine to improve a vineyard
   Called Inis Org or the virgin shore.

   (3)

   And like St. Peter who when his master told him
   To feed His lambs and His flocks to keep.
   He ranged the desert, the vale, the mountain,
   And the briny ocean for the straying sheep.

   (4)

   He consectrated three hundred bishops,
   Drove snakes and serpents from our Saintly Isle,
   And told the people that the church would suffer
   Much persecution till the end of time.

   (5)

   So it came to pass as the Saint predicted,
   For Satan's power, as we are told,
   Is still as great as when tempting Judas
   To sell our Saviour for the sake of gold.

   (6)

   The fallen angels are still impatient,
   Though driven from Heaven for raising war;

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   Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.

   History Edit

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Seán Flood

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Ballinamore, Co. Leitrim