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Bring flow'rs of the rarest, bring blossoms the fairest
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From garden and woodland and hill side and dale
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Our full hearts are swelling, our glad voices telling
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The praise of the loveliest flow'r of the vale
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O Mary, we crown thee with blossoms today,
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Queen of the angels and Queen of the May.
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O Mary, we crown thee with blossoms today,
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Queen of the angels and Queen of the May.
II
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Their lady they name thee, their mistress proclaim thee.
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O, grant that thy children on earth be as true
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As long as the bowers, are radiant with flowers
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As long as the azure shall keep its bright hue.
III
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Sing gaily in chorus, the bright angels o'er us
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Re-echo the strains we begin upon earth;
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Their harps are repeating, the notes of our greeting,
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For Mary herself is the cause of our mirth.