Twenty

Music: Planxty Irwin By Turlough O'Carolan. Sequenced by Barry Taylor at Turlough O'Carolan .

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Twenty is a bud that’s finally flowered, Wide open to the sunshine and the rain. Each day’s a moment of eternal truth New rendered through the perfect eyes of youth, The light by which the blossom is empowered, Yielding clarities one would sustain.