My parents were sober living, and often did pray
For their family to abstain from intoxicating drink alway;
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Welcome, sweet Christmas, blest be the morn
That Christ our Saviour was born!
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Beautiful silvery Tay,
With your landscapes, so lovely and gay,
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'Twas at the Seige of Matagarda, during the Peninsular War,
That a Mrs Reston for courage outshone any man there by far;
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Welcome! thrice welcome! to the year 1893,
For it is the year I intend to leave Dundee,
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Smiths Buildings No. 19
Patons Lane,
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'Twas in the United States of America some years ago
An aged father sat at his fireside with his heart full of woe,
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About a hundred and fifty years ago,
History relates it happened so,
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'Twas Christmastide in Germany,
And in the year of 1850,
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A little child stood thinking, sorrowfully and ill at ease,
In a forest beneath the branches of the tall pine trees -
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A pathetic tale of the sea I will unfold,
Enough to make one's blood run cold;
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Success to the good and skilful Dr Murison,
For golden opinions he has won
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Welcome, thrice welcome, to the city of Dundee,
The great African explorer Henry M Stanley,
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Thrice welcome home to Hawick, Mr J. Graham Henderson,
For by your Scotch tweeds a great honour you have won;
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All hail to Mr Murphy, he is a hero brave,
That has crossed the mighty Atlantic wave,
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King Robert the Bruce's deadly enemy, John of Lorn,
Joined the English with eight hundred Highlanders one morn,
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Immortal! William Shakespeare, there's none can you excel,
You have drawn out your characters remarkably well,
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Beautiful new railway bridge of the Silvery Tay,
With your strong brick piers and buttresses in so grand array,
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All hail to the Rev. George Gilfillan of Dundee,
He is the greatest preacher I did ever hear or see.
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On one occasion King James the Fifth of Scotland, when alone, in disguise,
Near by the Bridge of Cramond met with rather a disagreeable surprise.
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Ye sons of Mars, come list to me,
And I will relate to ye
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Alas! Beautiful Summer now hath fled,
And the face of Nature doth seem dead,
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'Twas in the year of 1888, and on July the 14th day,
That an alarming accident occurred in the River Tay.
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All hail to the Empress of India, Great Britain's Queen!
Long may she live in health, happy and serene;
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Sound drums and trumpets, far and near!
And Let all Queen Victoria's subjects loudly cheer!
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Annie Marshall was a foundling, and lived in Downderry,
And was trained up by a coast-guardsman, kind-hearted and merry
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God prosper long our noble Queen,
And long may she reign!
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The scenery of Baldovan
Is most lovely to see,
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Beautiful Balmoral Castle,
Most handsome to be seen,
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The mountains and glens of Aberfoyle are beautiful to sight,
Likewise the rivers and lakes are sparkling and bright;
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