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{{quote|The dames of France are fond and free,
And Flemish lips are willing;
And soft the maids of Italy,
And Spanish eyes are thrilling;
Still, though I bask beneath their smile,
Their charms fail to bind me.
And my heart goes back to Erin's Isle,
To the girl I left behind me.|Irish folksong}}
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== Real Life ==
* In his memoir, ''Quartered Safe Out Here'',
** This is in his [[McAuslan]] series of short stories, and it is his MacDonald grandmother. His other Granny is old enough to recall soldiers returning from the Crimean War.
*** It may have been there but I do remember them being in ''Quartered Safe Out Here''
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