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THE OLD OLD CHURCH (FOR IRISH CHURCHMEN), by                    
First Line: The old old church of the old old faith!
Last Line: Bespeak our ancestry.
Subject(s): Catholics; Churches; Ireland; Roman Catholics; Catholicism; Cathedrals; Irish


The Old Old Church of the Old Old Faith!
That kept her garments white,
And though honouring Peter, followed St. John
In keeping the Paschal Rite.

The Old Old Church of the Old Church-yards,
Walled in by the bones of the dead;
Beneath grey Down's Cathedral spire
Rest Patrick's mitred head.

The Church of the glens and the Holy hills:
The Church of the Patmos Isles;
Whose Gospel of Peace calls up anew
The morning desert's smiles.

The Church of the Wise, the Titled, the True!
The Church of the "Acres Broad"!
Her lands she holds by legal descent—
Her Faith by transmission from God.

Yes, we are the Sons of the Old Old Church,
And hold what St. Patrick taught;
We stand by the truth of the Catholic Creeds,
And reck not what "Trent" may have thought.

Hundreds of years has the Night prevailed,
But Sons of the East are we!
The old Round Towers and Churches Seven
Bespeak our Ancestry.





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