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MARY<br>
WHERE WE LIVE IS GOD'S OWN COUNTRY,<br>
THOUGH IT'S DIRTIER AND POORER THAN HE PLANNED.<br>
BROKEN WINDOWS, BROKEN LIVES.<br>
JOBLESS HUSBANDS, WEEPING WIVES.<br>
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IT MAY NOT LOOK LIKE GOD'S OWN COUNTRY.<br>
BUT GOD IS LOVE AND I KNOW HE LOVES THIS LAND.<br>
THOUGH IT'S RAGGED AND IT'S WORN<br>
IT'S THE PLACE WHERE I WAS BORN.<br>
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THE BEAUTY LIES WITHIN IN GOD'S OWN COUNTRY.<br>
IT SLEEPS BENEATH THE SOIL AND 'NEATH THE SAND.<br>
IT'S OUR MOTHERS AND FATHERS, OUR HEROES AND MARTYRS,<br>
FOR GOD'S IN THE PEOPLE AND PEOPLE ARE THE LAND.<br>
EACH NEW GENERATION WILL REBUILD THE NATION,<br>
THAT'S HOW IT'S BEEN SINCE OUR HISTORY BEGAN.<br>
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OTHER GIRL<br>
IN THE DARKNESS OF THE NIGHT I HEAR IT SINGING.<br>
THE WHISPERING OF THE WIND AND RAIN, IT'S SONG.<br>
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BOTH<br>
A SUBLIME ETERNAL TUNE,<br>
TO THE RHYTHMS OF THE MOON.<br>
THESE ANCIENT CHORDS WERE FORMED IN THE BEGINNING,<br>
AND THEY SING TO ME "MY COUNTRY RIGHT OR WRONG".<br>
THESE ARE SONGS WE ALWAYS SANG,<br>
NO ONE KNOWS WHEN THEY BEGAN.<br>
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MARY<br>
THIS FAIR LAND IS GOD'S OWN COUNTRY,<br>
AND IT'S CATHOLIC AND REPUBLICAN AND FREE<br>
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OTHER GIRL<br>
IT'S A PROTESTANT LAND MADE BY GOD'S PERFECT HAND,<br>
AND A PROTESTANT COUNTRY IT WILL ALWAYS BE.<br>
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BOTH GIRLS<br>
FOR IRELAND IS MINE AND IS SO FOR ALL TIME,<br>
FROM THE ATLANTIC OCEAN UNTO THE IRISH SEA.<br>
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WHERE I LIVE IS GOD'S OWN COUNTRY.<br>
I WAS BORN HERE AND THIS LAND BELONGS TO ME.<br>
IT'S IN OUR BLOOD AND IN OUR BONES.<br>
IT'S THE PLACE THAT WE CALL HOME.<br>
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THE BEAUTY LIES WITHIN IN GOD'S OWN COUNTRY.<br>
IT SLEEPS BENEATH THE SOIL AND 'NEATH THE SAND.<br>
IT'S OUR MOTHERS AND FATHERS, OUR HEROES AND MARTYRS,<br>
FOR GOD'S IN THE PEOPLE AND PEOPLE ARE THE LAND.<br>
EACH NEW GENERATION WILL REBUILD THE NATION,<br>
THAT'S HOW IT'S BEEN SINCE OUR HISTORY BEGAN.<br>
<br>
WHERE I LIVE IS GOD'S OWN COUNTRY<br>
THOUGH IT'S DIRTIER AND POORER THAN HE PLANNED.<br>
THOUGH IT'S RAGGED AND IT'S WORN.<br>
IT'S THE PLACE WHERE I WAS BORN. <br>
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