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ST. PATRICK'S DAY by ANNETTE WYNNE

First Line: IT SEEMS TO ME ST. PATRICK'S DAY
Last Line: AND BLOSSOMS SLEEP BENEATH THE SNOW.
Subject(s): GREEN (COLOR); IRELAND; MARCH (MONTH); ST. PATRICK'S DAY; IRISH;

IT seems to me St. Patrick's Day
By every rule should come in May
Instead of when the March winds blow
And buds still sleep beneath the snow;
For then the fields would all be seen
A-wearing of the emerald green
Just like the flag so green and gay
They carry on St. Patrick's Day;
And all the night the wind would play
Soft Irish croonings through the, trees,
Like some sad harp that far away
Sighs in that isle beyond the seas;
And so it seems St. Patrick's Day
By every rule should come in May
Instead of when the March winds blow,
And blossoms sleep beneath the snow.



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