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The Druids of Erin, so the story goes,
Long prophesied the coming of St Patrick.
They told it in this way…
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There will come one, ‘crop-headed’
Over a sea, ‘cruel-headed’
Wearing his cloak, ‘cowl-headed’
Carrying his staff, ‘crook-headed’
The table in his house, west-lying
And all his folk to him, replying,
‘So be it, be it so…’
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