{"id":1664,"date":"2008-03-17T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2008-03-17T11:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/beerbellyband.com\/the-lily-and-the-poppy"},"modified":"2008-03-17T12:00:00","modified_gmt":"2008-03-17T11:00:00","slug":"the-lily-and-the-poppy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/beerbellyband.com\/en\/the-lily-and-the-poppy\/","title":{"rendered":"THE LILY AND THE POPPY"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Irish traditional song lyrics \u2014 collected by Beer Belly Band.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>They say the Easter Lily blooms no more, no more in Erin<br \/>\nNow the Irish dance to different tunes and scorn the lily&#8217;s wearin&#8217;<br \/>\nWhile in Flanders Field the poppies grow in bright blood red perfusion<br \/>\nA badge of pride no more, no more, a badge of shame and treason<\/p>\n<p>Chorus:<br \/>\nIreland, Oh Ireland, what have you become<br \/>\nIreland, Oh Ireland, they were all your sons<\/p>\n<p>Freedom is a fragile flower a poppy of lily<br \/>\nWithered by dreams that soon turn sour in this land of empty bellies<br \/>\nSo once more, once more, our wild geese flew to freedom&#8217;s false horizon<br \/>\nTo seek an age old Irish rendezvous with suffering, grief and mourning<\/p>\n<p>Chorus<\/p>\n<p>Far from here the wild geese fly past hate and love and caring<br \/>\nIn countless graves they nameless lie the long lost sons of Erin<br \/>\nThe passing years shall not condemn those who those lie beneath the poppy<br \/>\nWhen from the same green slender stem there grew an Easter Lily<\/p>\n<p>Chorus<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>They say the Easter Lily blooms no more, no more in Erin Now the Irish dance to different tunes and scorn the lily&#8217;s wearin&#8217; 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