| Padraic Colum (1881–1972). Anthology of Irish Verse. 1922. |
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| 89. In Spain: Drinking Song |
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| By Emily Lawless |
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| MANY are praised, and some are fair, | |
| But the fairest of all is She, | |
| And he who misdoubts let him have a care, | |
| For her liegemen sworn are we! | |
| Then Ho! for the land that is green and grey, | 5 |
| The land of all lands the best, | |
| For the South is bright and the East is gay, | |
| But the sun shines last in the West, | |
| The West! | |
| The sun shines last in the West! | 10 |
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| A queen is she, though a queen forlorn, | |
| A queen of tears from her birth, | |
| Ragged and hungry, woeful and worn, | |
| Yet the fairest Fair on the earth. | |
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| Then here’s to the land that is green and grey, | 15 |
| The land of all lands the best! | |
| For the South is bright, and the East is gay, | |
| But the sun shines last in the West, | |
| The West! | |
| The sun shines last in the West! | 20 |
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