Spring Comes To Spiddal

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Well the lights are on in Standun's
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 and the spell has been broken
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The roadside teahouse door is wide
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 open
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A sign on the wall says, "American
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 also spoken"
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As spring comes to Spiddal

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The village girls go walking by 
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without their coats
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The Irish Gaelic college is alive
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 again with folk
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Farmers gather talking freed from
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 Winter's yoke
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As spring comes to Spiddal

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A tourist with a telescope and a 
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funny looking German bloke
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And a billy goat all invoke the 
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summer soon to bloom

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On a soft and fresh Atlantic air a 
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mist of pollen floats
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On Galway Bay I spy a gaily 
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painted fishing boat
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There's a rustle around the boreens
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 and a song on every throat
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As spring comes to Spiddal

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