"WOMEN OF INVER."
A favourite song sung by Madame (H«ra Butt, and which will bo given at to-night's concert, is "Women of Inver." Th© words. by Ruth Sawyer, are particularly touching) and emotional. Here they are:
Women of Inver—'tis straight ye stand, Full ankle deep in the shiftin' sand. Your eyee on the sea an' your backs feo the land
When the fishin' fleet sea sail. Grim are your eyes wi' the hunger then, Sayin' "God-epecd" to your fiflher men; In your heart ye pray they may come aga«« But your lips are makin' th© Wail.
Women of Inver—ye work all day, Mendin' your nets, your eyes on the bay; 'Tis much ye are thinkin' the? little ye say. As ye watch of th© tide to turn. Ye count tho hours thero's left of light, Ye know the minute the sea. breaks*white, Ye smell the fog as it sweeps into sight. An' your cheek* wi' the salt sting burn.
Women of Inver —th© night is long. When death winds howl" and the tide run/ strong, An' yc toll your beads in a huddled throng While the turf on the hearth glows red. "0 Mary, Mother of God!" yb cry. "Mothers are we, if our men must dieLet tw spade thoir graves where the eartl. is dry, Make the sea give us back our dead."
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Manawatu Standard, Volume XLI, Issue 9653, 19 November 1913, Page 5
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