Bee Keepers Convention Song. 
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gain! And in greeting once more, as in davs gone before, The dear friends whom we love now as then. 
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bur-y all en-vy and ban-ish all strife, With greetings right royal to day. 
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bur-y all en-vy and ban-ish all strife, With greetings rightroyal to day. 
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Copyright, 1897, by The A. I. Root Co. 
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