SACKED TO THE MEMORY OF

        FATHER MATTHEWS

     THE GREAT TEETOTALIST

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You sons of Hibernia I pray give attention
From the States of America to Erins old shore.
The less we've sustained with g t I will mention
The Apostle of temperance on earth is no more
The drunkard he reformed and granted his bless
The wife and the children he caus'd to smile ing
wherever he went the good did caress him
From New York to Philidelphia and Erinsgree
Isle,

The Apostle of temporaries is now gone before ye
And thousands have reason his 1oss to deplore,
His name we'll repeat while his soul shines in
glory,
Tho good Father Matthew on earth is no mere

He the widow did comfort the orphan he cherish
He smothered each sorrow and he banished
each pain,
He saved many thousands who without him
would have pi risked.
His equal I fear ws shall never see again,
His fortune in charity he nobly expended
He was highly esteemed by .he rich and
the poor
In America and Europe his good deeds extended.
The pride and glory of the shamrock shore,

A native of cork was the good Father Matthew;
His ancestors were great & of noble degree.
wher'ever he travelled all joyfully hailed him,
In Belfast in Limerick Tyron and Tralee
la Galway and Dublin in Wexford and waterford
In proud Tipperary he was met with a smile,
They all did caress him they'd reason to bless him
For the good he had done over Erins green Isle.

He was true to his church and true to his Country
He Was kind, noble hearted, couragious, and
brave
He heeled the sick and with joy fed the hungry,
And he was delighted the drunkard to save.
They in England rever'd him and proudly
cheered him;
Wherever he went he was met with smile,
When he had in America the drunkard convene
He returned for to die on old Erins green Isle

Erins intoxication had fled from the country;
The Apostle great dangers and insults with
stood,
He walked in the footsteps of our blessed saviour,
He delighted in going about doing good
To the sick and the helpless he did comfort
administer.
And every kind of action he did with a smile
When bis all was expended and his labour
was ended,
He died like a lamb on old Erins green Isle,

There shall be smonument so nolly enected
For him whom all classes do deeply regret,
The foundation he laid shall ne'er be neglected
His deeds and his name we will never forget,
He is gone he is gone to heaven of glory.
He was welcomed from earth with a heaven
cly smile,
Recollect he is gone but a short time before ye,
The good Father Matthew from Erin green Isl

GOOD BYE SWEETHEART
              GOODBYE

THE bright stars fade the mornis breaking,
The dew drops pearl each bud and leaf,
And I from thee my leave am taking.
With bliss too brief, with bliss too brief.
How sinks my heart with fond alarm
The tear is biding in mine eye
For time doth thrust me from thine arms,
Good bye, sweetheart good bye? good bye

The sun is up, the lark is soarsng.
Loud swell the song of chauticleer,
The lev'ret bounds ov'er eerth's soft flooring.
Yet I am here? yet I am here,
For since night's gems from heaven did fade
And morn to floral lips doth hie,
I could not leave thee,tho'l said.
Good bye sweetheart good bye good bye.

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