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    • Bev Tosh 1997
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    • On Being Catholic
      • On Matters of Fertility
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      • July 16, 2003 Vision 1948
      • July 17, 2003 Do We Understand Each Other?
      • July 5, 2003 The Bricklayer’s Lunch Break
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      • July 7, 2003: On Reading William Blake’s “The Sick Rose”
      • July 8, 2013: Upon Reading ‘The Eye Altering Alters All’
      • July 9, 2003 A Very Dove
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    • Argenta, B.C.
    • Badlands National Park: South Dakota
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    • France
    • My Maternal Ancestors: Gallant, Arsenault, Shepard, Binns
      • My Sheppard Ancestors
      • The Gallants
        • Great Aunt Marjorie Mary Gallant 1929-2005
        • Great Aunt Mary Millicent Gallant 1932-2004
        • Great Auntie Adeline Gallant (Fardy) 1909-1988
        • Great Uncle Bruno Edward (Wart Gabe) Gallant 1915-2000
        • Great Uncle Calice S. Gallant 1912-1992
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          • Gordon Joseph Gallant 1934-1999
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        • May 6, 1878 Courtroom Drama: My Family!
        • Rose Margaret Moors (1883-1980)
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  • My Father’s Music
    • “Vale” (Farewell) Song
    • A Perfect Day: Carrie Jacobs-Bond
    • Cheery Song Composed by David Dick Slater (1869-1942)
    • Chonita: A Gypsy Romance
    • Clorinda: Lyric by John Bledlowe and Music by R. Orlando Morgan
    • Daniel: A Sacred Cantata
    • Danny Boy by Frederic Weatherly
    • Drink to Me Only With Thine Eyes
    • Duna by Josephine McGill
    • For You Alone by Henry E. Geehl
    • Gypsy Love Song by Victor Herbert
    • I Hear You Calling Me by Harold Harford
    • I’ll Take You Home Again, Kathleen by Josef Locke
    • Jesus Only: Written by Frances K. Havergal and Music by A. Ratoli
    • Macushla by Dermot Macmurrough 1911
    • Passing By: Written by Robert Herrick, Music by Edward Purcell
    • Prayer Perfect poem by James Whitcomb Riley; Music by Ervine J. Stenson
    • Schubert: First Vocal Album For High Voice
    • Stout Hearted Men by Sigmund Romberg
    • The Creation: An Oratorio composed by Joseph Haydn
    • The Holy City by Alfred R. Gaul
    • The Holy City Text: F.E. Weatherly (1848-1929) Music: Stephen Adams (1844-1913)
    • The Kerry Dance by James Lynam Molloy
    • The Little Irish Girl by Hermann Lohr
    • The Rose of Tralee
    • The Rose of Tralee by E.M.Spencer
    • The Snowy Breasted Pearl by Turlough O’Carolan
    • Then You’ll Remember Me by Michael William Balfe
    • Too-Ra-Loo-Ra-Loo-Ral (That’s an Irish Lullaby) by James Royce Shannon
    • When Sweet Ann Sings by Michael Head
    • Where E’er You Walk by Handel
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    • Object of My Affection: Copper Pendant by Lisa Morris
    • Objects of My Affection: Green Glass
    • Objects of My Affection: My Front Entrance
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  • Where are Hollee’s Cards?
    • Alice Springs
    • Kathleen Lake, Yukon
    • Kenya and Mothering
    • Kitchen Maid with the Supper at Emmaus circa 1618
    • La Clairiere by Rene Magritte 1944
    • Marie-Guillemine Benoist Portrait d’une négresse 1800
    • McMichael Canadian Art Gallery
    • The Holy Land
    • The Olgas or Kata Tjuta
  • Where Are You?
    • Where Are You, Roger and Rose Fortier?

The Rose of Tralee by E.M.Spencer

…and composed by Charles W. Glover.

I actually get sentimental listening to the Rose of Tralee.  I can imagine my Dad singing this as a young man.  I can hear his voice as I listen.

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