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DEAR OlD SOUTHSIDE HILL
lB y Arcbbiahop Howley) .
Music bI Professor Hutton.
The fonde st t houg hts of chil dhood's days
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Twin. ' r oun d th4, dear old hill ,
And, as I ga ze, ~be,. bare, bleark braes
Wi th lave my boSOIII thrill.
For of all t he hille that s tood Earth' 8 breast
And : orelgn count ries f ell,
I
l ove thee acr- e than all the rest1
os, de ar
old Southside hill.
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Chorus: Oh, de ar old Souths ide Hill,
Old, rugged, scraggy hill,
l ook v i th pride on they su n-brown side
os, de ar old Southside hil l .
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I
l ove each nook, ea ch da r llnr: br ook,
Each ~ op se . o_~ r.usse t b:-own,
Each gulle,., pond an d laughing brook,
That tumbles rattlln« dcva ,
I love t hee ba thed in 8\1lBl1ler BUn,
With opal light aglowl
Or r obed 1n vintry garme nt ,
spun
From woot of silken eaev ,
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I've
seen the hills that proudly stand
And str etch from shore to ebcre,
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