{"id":648,"date":"2013-01-30T17:50:43","date_gmt":"2013-01-30T22:50:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.naebunny.net\/testing\/?page_id=648"},"modified":"2013-09-20T03:58:35","modified_gmt":"2013-09-20T08:58:35","slug":"lyrics-the-blink-of-an-eye-the-old-country-wales","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/www.dulahan.com\/?page_id=648","title":{"rendered":"lyrics: the blink of an eye &#8211; the old country wales"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><b>cd: The Blink of an Eye<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p>track 14: The Old Country Wales<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Tin smiths and steel workers were in demand<br \/>\nFar &#8216;cross the ocean, in Americas land<br \/>\nHe had a family that he couldn\u2019t fail<br \/>\nSet off on his own, from the old country Wales<\/p>\n<p>One more Welsh steel worker standing in line<br \/>\nWork every moment, save every dime<br \/>\nSending your wife all your pay in the mail<br \/>\nCome love bring the children, from the old country Wales<\/p>\n<p>Leaving your homeland\u2019s like leaving your heart<br \/>\nAnd families and loved ones, should not be apart<br \/>\nAll of the hope that your new life avails<br \/>\nThe strength of your soul, is the old country Wales<\/p>\n<p>How does an eight year old child say goodbye<br \/>\nTo young friends and classmates, with tears in her eyes<br \/>\nGrand folks look sad as you wave from the rail<br \/>\nThey\u2019ll live on without you, in the old country Wales<\/p>\n<p>Through Ellis Island to my fathers arms<br \/>\nRide the train through Pennsylvania\u2019s farms<br \/>\nInto a new life so fragile and frail<br \/>\nA whole world away, from the old country Wales<\/p>\n<p>Chorus<\/p>\n<p>Mother still writes to her friends on the strand<br \/>\nAnd speaks in the old tongue whenever she can<br \/>\nShe prayed to God on the day we set sail<br \/>\nHer children would cherish, the old country Wales<\/p>\n<p>Our parents showed courage that we\u2019ve never known<br \/>\nOur children\u2019s children will need to be shown<br \/>\nMay they find the past in a present day tale<br \/>\nThe blood that runs through them, from the old country Wales<\/p>\n<p>Chorus<\/p>\n<td>\u00a9 2007 All Rights Reserved<br \/>\nDulahan Music<br \/>\nWritten by Kyle Aughe<\/td>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>cd: The Blink of an Eye track 14: The Old Country Wales Tin smiths and steel workers were in demand Far &#8216;cross the ocean, in Americas land He had a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":319,"parent":318,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-648","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","czr-hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.dulahan.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/648","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.dulahan.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.dulahan.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.dulahan.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.dulahan.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=648"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"http:\/\/www.dulahan.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/648\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2065,"href":"http:\/\/www.dulahan.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/648\/revisions\/2065"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.dulahan.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/318"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.dulahan.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/319"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.dulahan.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=648"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}