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229 Irwinton
Tune:
Thomas W. Carter
, 1844
Words: 1774
Meter:
Common Meter Double (8,6,8,6,8,6,8,6)
What
poor,
despised
company
Of
travelers
are
these,
That
walk
in
yonder
narrow
way,
Along
the
rugged
maze?
Ah,
they
are
of
a
royal
line,
All
children
of
a
King;
Heirs
of
immortal
crowns
divine,
And
loud
for
joy
they
sing.