AN SEAN-ḞEAR ĊÓIR.
BY P. A. DOUGHER.
Tá an nuaiḋeaċd i teaċt análl
Ars an Sean-ḟear Cóir,
Beiḋ sí ann seo air báll
Ars an Sean-ḟear Cóir;
Féin-Riaġail Ġráinne Ṁaoil
Sé bun 's bárr mo sgéil
'Gus léiġfimid é gan aiṫḃéil,
Ars an Sean-ḟear Cóir.
Tá ann aċrann agus gleo
Ars an Sean-ḟear Cóir,
Leis an dlíġeaṁ ṫugamar dóiḃ,
Ars an Sean-ḟear Cóir;
Mar ḃí le ceud bliaḋain,
Ó fuair Sacsanaiġ an srian,
Air na h-Éireannaiġiḃ gan mian,
Ars an Sean-ḟear Cóir.
Anois caiṫfimid é adṁáil,
Ars an Sean-ḟear Cóir,
Gur ġoideamar le díoḃáil,
Ars an Sean-ḟear Cóir,
Gaċ sonas a ḃí le meas
'Sa Saoirse le n-a n-ais;
Rinn'mar díoḃáil dóiḃ gan leas,
Ars an Sean-ḟear Cóir.
Ċuir muid na sluaiḋte i b-príosún,
Ars an Sean-ḟear Cóir,
'Gus marḃaiġeaṁ iad gan réasún,
Ars an Sean-ḟear Cóir;
Tá sé scríoḃṫa i stáir na tíor'
'Nna litreaċaiḃ ró-ḟíor
Is ní féidir a múċaḋ siar,
Ars an Sean-ḟear Cóir.
Tá sé n-am an ċúis seo ṡocrúġ'
Ars an Sean-ḟear Cóir,
Tá sé ḃ-fad go leor a doċrúġ',
Ars an Sean-ḟear Cóir.
Tá na h-Éireannaiġ boċta caoċ
Is maiṫfiḋ siad na fiaċ'
A's neartóċaiḋ linn an Ríoġaċd,
Ars an Sean-ḟear Cóir.
Tá an geinealaċ seo iongantaċ,
Ars an Sean-ḟear Cóir,
'Gus an gníoṁ seo ionḋeuntaċ,
Ars an Sean-ḟear Cóir,
Ḃéirfimid ceart go Inisfáil,
'Gus caiṫfiḋ siad é ḟáġail,
Dar n-aindeoin béiḋid faoi ċáil,
Ars an Sean-ḟear Cóir.
Tá mire ag dul inn aoise,
Ars an Sean-ḟear Cóir,
'Gus ḃeirim cóṁairle ḋíḃ-se,
Ars an Sean-ḟear Cóir,
Bí cóir a's béiḋ orraiḃ gráḋ
'Measg ḃur ċóṁursanaḋ gaċ lá,
Leis béiḋ orraiḃ an t áḋ,
Ars an Sean-ḟear Cóir.
Anois guiḋim air na Cummain,
Ars an Sean-ḟear Cóir,
Mo ṫír agus mo ḃainríoġain,
Ars an Sean-ḟear Cóir,
Le foiġid an reaċd seo aṫruġaḋ,
Do gaċ niḋ tá'mar ag geallaḋ,
Le faitċíos Éire i ċailleaḋ,
Ars an Sean-ḟear Cóir.
Mr. Dougher says, — I have tried to embody the
essential points of the new Home Rule Bill summa¬
ry in as few verses as possible, as proposed by the
premier, Mr Gladstone, in the British House of
Commons, in the presence of the largest assemblage
ever witnessed there, on Feb. 13, 1893.
Some of our Gaelic friends think we should “use
more sugar" with monied Irishmen to enlist their
services in the Gaelic cause. No; money corrupts
them. We have a proof of this at our very door. —
Wm R Grace would never warm his seat in the
mayoral chair of New York City were it not by the
exertions of Tammany Hall. But, like the snake in
the fable, the political prestige which Tammany's
actions enabled him to wield he uses in his effort to
destroy it. It was this prestige that led to the no¬
mination, and his subsequent election, of Mr. Cleve¬
land (the Republicans taking care that Harrison
could not force himself on them), thus placing Tam¬
many's mortal enemy, the knownothing mugwump,
in the saddle. A poor man would not act such an
ingrate. Woe to the patriotic cause which depends
on monied men ; or any cause.
We have not seen a single Irish-American news
paper that has not lauded Mr. Blaine in their mor¬
tuary notices of him. — Friends, is it not in order for
you to explain to your readers why you sought to
defame and degrade your great, brilliant, country¬
man during his life ? Will not your intelligent rea¬
ders look on you as a pack of lying, unscrupulous,
selfseeking defamers who would sacrifice the inter¬
ests of their native land on the altar of personal
gain and, therefore, undeserving the support of pa¬
triotic, selfrespecting men,
Let all make an effort to circulate the Gael.
