A Cradle Song
| i | 3 /T\\ MEN from the fi'elds! 2 S 'Ll' Come gently within. = S Tread, softly, softly, E 2 O! Men coming in. E Mavourneen is going, E 2 From me and from yon, E 2 Where Mary will fold him 2 = With mantle of blue! 2 2 From re'ek of the smoke 2 2 And cold of the floor, 2 s And the peering of things s E - Across the half-door. 2 E O, men from the'fields! E 5 Softly, softly come thro', E 2 Mary puts round him E 2 Her mantle of blue. . 2 E —Padraic Colum. E niiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiimiiiimiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiimiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii^
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New Zealand Times, Volume LIII, Issue 12406, 27 March 1926, Page 16
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105A Cradle Song New Zealand Times, Volume LIII, Issue 12406, 27 March 1926, Page 16
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