Orange Lark, The

DESCRIPTION: The lark "is true Orange bird" who cheered William on July first and "sang him an Orange hymn." The nightingale sings sweetly but the lark's song comes "from the soldier's drum." The eagle is too aristocratic; the lark's "is the song of the free"
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1987 (Smyth/Bush/Long-OrangeLark)
KEYWORDS: Ireland patriotic bird
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REFERENCES (1 citation):
Smyth/Bush/Long-OrangeLark 40, "The Orange Lark" (1 text, 1 tune)
File: OrLa040

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