Not all in vain may plead
‘The song that nerves a nation’s heart
Is in itself a deed.’
Tennyson (Charge of the Heavy Brigade).
I knew a very wise man that believed that, if a man were permitted to make all the ballads, he need not care who should make the laws of a nation.
Fletcher of Saltoun (Letter to Montrose and others).
What would the wise man have said of “It’s a long, long way to Tipperary”?
FIRST LOVE