The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1905-03-17

He played that gem of melody which
Haydn praised and sang,
And as he closed the plaudits loud
throughout the heavens rang.
Now Gilmore spoke. he promised that
great multitude a treat
That would rouse enthusiasm and would
agitate their feet,
their work,
Pat Comedy from old Galway, and Gand-
sey from Cork.
Their harmony was perfect, by strict re-
hearsal gained,
Their brilliant execution learned on earth
was still maintained,
Iiouse,' Butchers March" and
"Black-Haired Lass
Il Wish l Never Saw You" and THE
Reel Of Tyrcll's Pass"
That audience vast was happy, its pleas
ures multiplied,
Its conduct not unseemly for occasion
justified
A relaxation of the rules; from spiritual
To do honor to st. Patrick in the good
old Irish way.
AS the old familiar dance tunes fell upon
the Celtic ear.
The multitude responded with q sympa-
thetic cheer,
The Cork souls shouted Gandsey was a
DItPt ullSNttIleu,
And the Galway souls. u~ndaunted, for Pat
Comedy yelled.
The pipers now retired and a harper took
their place.
Twas Hempson. thought by many the
last one of his race;
This gifted bard and harper, who from
Derry County halls,
Still retains his uniqu method of playing
with his nails.
Naught like his clean staccato was ever
heard on earth,
Since he died, a ~centenarian, of his kind
there's been a dearth.
But his memory will be ever green, his
talents recognized,
Although the strains he loved so well are
now so little priced.
With honors from the multitude Dennis
HempSon now withdrew,
And Gilmore called a hundred souls all
players. tried and true,
Who had toiled with him when in the
flesh to build up that great band
Which made Pat Gilmore's honOred name
renowned in every land.
When these faithful souls had been align
ed and were ready to begin,
Gilmore circled his baton, and the old
Of st. Patrick's Day was thundered
forth and received with great ac-
claim.
The saint himself was seen to smile in
approval of the same.
They next played ~"Garryowen'' and su-
perb "O"Donnell Aboo."
The good old Wearing of the Green"
and "The March of Brian Boru,"
And as a fitting climax to their brilliant
They played that soothing melody-"Molly
Bawn ASHORE"
Now Gilmore gave the order and his
faithful band withdrew,
And presently the shade OF DR.. Petrie
came in view,
The doctor came to speak a word for the
cause in which he gave
The best years of his life the Irish mel
odies to save.
He told that eager multitude of the move
ment now on earth
Which has revived our music In the
cradle of its birth
And rescued from oblivion those sweet.
exquisite strains
That once resounded through the halls
of Erin'S ancient faneS.
He told of tine unselfsh men who from
patriotic choice
Were engaged in emulation of himself, of
Bunting. Joyce,
~re-awakened love
Manifested by the race on earth and in
heaven there above.
He extolled the names of Douglas Hyde,
Yeats and st. Clair Boyd,
Frank ONeill and Castletown, and Phair.
who have enjoyed
TIL fame of being leaders in the fight
which he began,
For the restoration of the song and mu-
sic of our land.
The programme finished, Gilmore called
in accents clear and fine
For the martNred souls of Allen. Larkin
and O'Brien
To lead the national anthem, and a hun
dred thousand score
OF souls sang Goo Save Ireland as twas
never sung before.
The Fels was closed, the bards were
pleased, the saint himself confessed
1t was the %happiest day he ever spent
among the blessed.
And the multitude of faithful souls de-
termined there to pay
The same sweet. tuneful homage on each
st. Patrick's day.