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		<title>Sunday Teaching &amp; Lessons: &#8216;Put God&#8217;s house before yours&#8217;…</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 08 Nov 2009 03:00:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Is there anyone among you who can still remember how splendid the Temple used to be? How does it look to you now? It must seem like nothing at all. [Haggai 2: 3]
 
SERVICE &#38; WITNESS

MOVING home is never easy. There are new areas to discover, new people to meet, perhaps a new job to settle [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=markdowe.wordpress.com&blog=3723225&post=13627&subd=markdowe&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Afghanistan: &#8216;Security on the ground essential&#8217;&#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 07 Nov 2009 11:31:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[SECURITY IN AFGHANISTAN
PUBLIC opposition to Britain continuing its campaign in Afghanistan is growing. According to an interview that Eddie Mair of Radio-4 had with Lord Paddy Ashdown, that opposition is now 75% and growing.
Gordon Brown now insists that Hamid Karzai, the Afghan President, must get his act together otherwise the Western mission in Afghanistan will [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=markdowe.wordpress.com&blog=3723225&post=13617&subd=markdowe&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Ralph McTell: &#8216;Streets of London&#8217;&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://markdowe.wordpress.com/2009/11/04/ralph-mctell-streets-of-london/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 23:13:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Sunday Teaching &amp; Lessons: &#8216;A conquering hero&#8217;…</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Nov 2009 09:29:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[If my people … humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven and will forgive their sin and will heal their land. [2 Chronicles 7: 14]
 
CHRONICLES
BY COMPARING the way people in different ages use the same word, we can trace changes in culture. [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=markdowe.wordpress.com&blog=3723225&post=13580&subd=markdowe&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Surname Traceability: &#8216;Dowe&#8217;&#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2009 21:39:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[DOWE
RECORDED as Dow, Dowe, Dove, Dew and possibly others, this is a Scottish (and sometimes Irish) surname. The surname is a &#8217;sept&#8217; of the clan Buchanan, the most ancient and historic clan of Scotland.
It is of pre 10th century Gaelic origins, of which it has several as shown. It can be a developed form of David, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=markdowe.wordpress.com&blog=3723225&post=13561&subd=markdowe&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Ministry of Defence: &#8216;Afghanistan RAF Nimrod Crash 2006&#8242;</title>
		<link>http://markdowe.wordpress.com/2009/10/29/ministry-of-defence-afghanistan-raf-nimrod-crash-2006%e2%80%a6/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2009 10:48:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[SACRIFICING SAFETY
IN 2006, 14 British service personnel died, after an RAF Nimrod MR2 crashed in Afghanistan. Yesterday, Wednesday, 28 October, the Ministry of Defence was accused of sacrificing safety in order to minimise costs. Charles Haddon-Cave, QC, found the loss of the Nimrod in September 2006 had occurred because of a “systemic breach of the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=markdowe.wordpress.com&blog=3723225&post=13513&subd=markdowe&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Social Reforms: &#8216;Robert Owen&#8217;…</title>
		<link>http://markdowe.wordpress.com/2009/10/27/social-reforms-robert-owen%e2%80%a6/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2009 14:23:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[1809
BY THE AGE of 19, Robert Owen was already the manager of a cotton mill, employing some 500 people. With his intelligence, energy and administrative ability, he made his mill the best of its kind in the country. In this factory, Owen used the first imports of American sea-island cotton ever to be used in [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=markdowe.wordpress.com&blog=3723225&post=13511&subd=markdowe&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The U.S. Dollar: &#8216;Why the currency is falling&#8217;…</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Oct 2009 19:40:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[AMERICAN DOLLAR 
IN EARLY MARCH an index of the value of the U.S. dollar against six other major currencies touched 89.11, its highest point this year. Since, then, however, its value has been on a steady downward drift. Just last week, on Tuesday, October 20th, the dollar index had slipped to 75.24, its lowest point in [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=markdowe.wordpress.com&blog=3723225&post=13509&subd=markdowe&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Sunday Teaching &amp; Lessons: &#8216;God&#8217;s wrath&#8217;…</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 25 Oct 2009 03:00:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>markdowe</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[BOOK OF ROMANS
… I am not ashamed of the gospel, because it is the power of God for the salvation of everyone who believes… just as it is written: ‘The righteous will live by faith.’ [Romans 1:16,17] 
 
UNDERSTANDING GOD’S ‘WRATH’
THE DEVASTATING CATALOGUE of human perversity written upon in Romans 1:18-32 poses the question of whether [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=markdowe.wordpress.com&blog=3723225&post=13492&subd=markdowe&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Climate Change: &#8216;British lessons&#8217;…</title>
		<link>http://markdowe.wordpress.com/2009/10/22/climate-change-british-lessons%e2%80%a6/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2009 07:59:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>markdowe</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[POLICIES
THE COPENHAGEN CONFERENCE on Climate Change, due to be held in December, is focusing the world’s attention on international negotiations. International agreements are helpful but only in so far as they encourage individual countries to control their own emissions. What matters more, though, is the successful implementation of domestic policies which those countries put in [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=markdowe.wordpress.com&blog=3723225&post=13466&subd=markdowe&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>(Re-live) Kelly Clarkson: &#8216;Because of you&#8217;&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://markdowe.wordpress.com/2009/10/19/re-live-kelly-clarkson-because-of-you/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Oct 2009 20:51:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>markdowe</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[
 
From MD&#8217;s Video Juke Box:

(By Request) Kelly Clarkson: &#8216;Already Gone&#8217;

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		<title>Sunday Teaching &amp; Lessons: &#8216;Preparing the way&#8217;…</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 18 Oct 2009 02:00:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>markdowe</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[BOOK OF ISAIAH
A voice cries out, &#8220;Prepare in the wilderness a road for the LORD! Clear the way in the desert for our God! &#8230; Then the glory of the LORD will be revealed, and all mankind will see it. The LORD himself has promised this.&#8221; [Isaiah 40: 3-5]
 
PREPARATION
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		<title>Afghanistan: &#8216;Policy, Politics and Generals&#8217;…</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Oct 2009 10:14:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>markdowe</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[POLICY IN AFGHANISTAN?
PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA is pondering one of the hardest decisions of his presidency: whether to deploy additional soldiers to Afghanistan as part of an ongoing “surge” and as requested by his General there, Stanley McChrystal. Embroiled within the question of whether to send up to 40,000 troops lies the crucial question of whether [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=markdowe.wordpress.com&blog=3723225&post=13386&subd=markdowe&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>(Re-live firing) Mosul, Iraq: &#8216;U.S. Helicopter Gunship&#8217;&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://markdowe.wordpress.com/2009/10/11/re-live-firing-mosul-iraq-u-s-helicopter-gunship/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 11 Oct 2009 21:59:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>markdowe</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[IRAQ

&#8211; Helicopter gunship firing hellfire missles at taliban in Iraq.
 

AFGHANISTAN
Additional:
&#8211; The U.S. returns 120mm mortar fire after being under attack from the Taliban in Afghanistan. This is re-live footage, please exercise caution when viewing.

 
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		<pubDate>Sat, 10 Oct 2009 18:23:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>markdowe</dc:creator>
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		<title>Eddi Reader: &#8216;Dainty Davie&#8217;&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://markdowe.wordpress.com/2009/10/09/eddi-reader-dainty-davie/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Oct 2009 20:32:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>markdowe</dc:creator>
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		<title>President Barack Obama: &#8216;Nobel Peace Prize&#8217;…</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Oct 2009 09:25:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>markdowe</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[OPINION: BARACK OBAMA

VERY many congratulations to President Barack Obama who, today, has been awarded the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize.
The award has come as a surprise to many given that Mr. Obama has been in presidential office for just 8-months. However, the president’s “extraordinary efforts” in building a rich international climate and his efforts to reduce nuclear [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=markdowe.wordpress.com&blog=3723225&post=13322&subd=markdowe&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>U.N. Sets Date for Iran Inspection</title>
		<link>http://markdowe.wordpress.com/2009/10/04/u-n-sets-date-for-iran-inspection/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 04 Oct 2009 11:40:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[IRAN&#8217;S NUCLEAR PROGRAM
THE head of the U.N.&#8217;s nuclear watchdog on Sunday, 04 October, described a &#8216;&#8217;shifting of gears&#8221; in the controversy over Iran&#8217;s nuclear program and said inspectors would visit the country&#8217;s new uranium processing site on Oct. 25.
Mohamed ElBaradei spoke in Tehran following talks with Iranian officials over the recently revealed facility that has caused consternation [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=markdowe.wordpress.com&blog=3723225&post=13279&subd=markdowe&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Afghanistan: &#8216;America&#8217;s commitment may be waning&#8217;…</title>
		<link>http://markdowe.wordpress.com/2009/10/01/afghanistan-americas-commitment-may-be-waning%e2%80%a6/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Oct 2009 20:21:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>markdowe</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[TURNING POINT?
PRESIDENT OBAMA has committed America to the long haul in Afghanistan. Heavy losses and continual dissent, though, is forcing him to reconsider the strategy and possibly even turning it on its head. Of concern to Mr. Obama is the fact that public support for the war has dropped sharply since his presidential inauguration in January.
Six [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=markdowe.wordpress.com&blog=3723225&post=13197&subd=markdowe&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Labour Party Conference: &#8216;Prime Minister&#8217;s Speech&#8217;&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://markdowe.wordpress.com/2009/09/29/labour-party-conference-prime-ministers-speech/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Sep 2009 15:20:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>markdowe</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[LABOUR PARTY CONFERENCE 2009
Speech as given to the Labour Party Conference, in Brighton, by the Prime Minister, Rt. Hon Gordon Brown MP:
AND so today, in the midst of events that are transforming our world, we meet united and determined to fight for the future.
Our country confronts the biggest choice for a generation. It&#8217;s a choice between [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=markdowe.wordpress.com&blog=3723225&post=13162&subd=markdowe&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Iran: &#8216;Nuclear-enrichment facilities&#8217;…</title>
		<link>http://markdowe.wordpress.com/2009/09/28/iran-nuclear-enrichment-facilities%e2%80%a6/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Sep 2009 16:20:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>markdowe</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[CLANDESTINE FACILITIES
MAHMOUD AHMADINEJAD, Iran’s President, has warned President Obama against pressing Tehran about new revelations that Iran has been constructing a clandestine uranium-enrichment plant.
Mr. Ahmadinejad’s caution came during last week’s G-20 summit in Pittsburgh, after Barack Obama made a dramatic announcement that Iran has been constructing a second uranium-enrichment facility whose existence had been kept [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=markdowe.wordpress.com&blog=3723225&post=13134&subd=markdowe&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Military: &#8216;RAF Tornado GR4&#8242;&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://markdowe.wordpress.com/2009/09/24/military-raf-tornado-gr4/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Sep 2009 12:37:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>markdowe</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Posted in Art, Arts, military, Photography Tagged: military, RAF, tornado      <img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=markdowe.wordpress.com&blog=3723225&post=13092&subd=markdowe&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Nuclear Weapons: &#8216;A pledge to cut Trident&#8217;&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://markdowe.wordpress.com/2009/09/23/nuclear-weapons-a-pledge-to-cut-trident/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Sep 2009 09:21:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>markdowe</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[TRIDENT MISSILES 
PRIME MINISTER GORDON BROWN seems set to endorse President Barack Obama’s ambitious goal of removing nuclear weapons from the world. According to the final draft of a resolution to be put to a rare UN summit of the five permanent members of the Security Council, the leaders will seek to resolve “a safer [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=markdowe.wordpress.com&blog=3723225&post=13062&subd=markdowe&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Site Note…</title>
		<link>http://markdowe.wordpress.com/2009/09/21/site-note%e2%80%a6/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Sep 2009 17:08:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[NOTE
IT will be my intention this week, as far as written work on this site is concerned, to conclude the introductory openings on ‘Sociological Studies &#38; Methods’. Further research and investigation has been needed since the opening work on this area was published.
Readers will no doubt appreciate the significance of presenting accurate information, and in [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=markdowe.wordpress.com&blog=3723225&post=13047&subd=markdowe&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Protected: (Re-Live): &#8216;Battle Helmand Province, Afghanistan&#8217;&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://markdowe.wordpress.com/2009/09/17/re-live-battle-helmand-province-afghanistan/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Sep 2009 17:23:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>markdowe</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[POLITICAL POSTURING 
&#8211; [REVISED VERSION]
THIS SITE seeks for the establishment of an independent Scotland. Devolution has always been, in my view, a stepping-stone towards independence.
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MEDIATION and fresh effort is currently being made in Sudan’s ravaged western region of Darfur in an attempt to resolve a 6-year conflict that has claimed the lives of at least 300,000 people. Violence erupted in 2003 after rebels attacked Sudanese government forces.
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GREEN GROW THE RASHES, O
Chorus
Green grow the rashes, O
Green grow the rashes, O
The sweetest hours that e&#8217;er I spend,
Are spent among the lasses, O,
There&#8217;s nought but care on ev&#8217;ry han&#8217;,
In every hour that passes, O
What signifies the life o&#8217; man,
An&#8217; &#8217;twere na for the lasses, O.

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Green grow the rashes, O
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