<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=576824" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>The Irish Soldier</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">The Irish Soldier<br>Edward Marshall is my name<br>Ireland is my nation<br>Leeds is my dwelling place<br>And Heaven’s my expectation</div><div style="margin:10px 0">My mother came from Erin’s isle<br>She’s buried in Dungannon<br>My sweetheart is a Limerick lass<br>The Rosebud of the Shannon<br>I came to Blighty seeking work<br>And listed for a soldier<br>For when the drums of war beat out<br>There is no man that’s bolder</div><div style="margin:10px 0">They gave me three square meals a day<br>A uniform for drilling<br>A place to sleep, a private’s pay<br>A gun and blade for killing</div><div style="margin:10px 0">I dreamt to Ireland I’d return<br>With gold and tales a-plenty<br>But on a stretcher here I lie<br>And both my pockets empty<br>They’ll patch me up and send me back<br>To trenches, rats and slaughter<br>Gas! Gas! the cry. For sure I’ll die<br>By bomb or poisoned water</div><div style="margin:10px 0">My soul will go to God above<br>My body cannot follow<br>For ‘twill be filled by German lead<br>Dead, in a war-torn hollow</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Edward Marshall is my name<br>Ireland is my nation<br>Leeds is my dwelling place<br>And Heaven’s my expectation</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Sheena+Blackhall">Sheena Blackhall</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=576824" data-title="The Irish Soldier de Sheena Blackhall" data-description="The Irish Soldier Edward Marshall is my name Ireland is my nation Leeds is my dwelling place And Heaven’s my expectation My mother came from Erin’s isle She’s buried in Dungannon My sweetheart is a Limerick lass The Rosebud of the Shannon I..."></div> </div> </div>

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