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placed before Manksmen, must tend materially to strengthen the tide of 

 reverence for the language and traditions of their native island, and to 

 intensify their zeal for cultivating the tongue and studying the poetry of 

 their stalwart ancestors who inhabited the glens and hills, and defended 

 the homes and liberties of Mannin veg veen, in the generations that have. 

 passed away. 



Of auld lang syne brave Manx, 



Of auld lang syne, 

 The sons so brave, the house shall save,. 



Of auld lang syne. 



