Padraic Colum,
A Cradle Song (Colum)
(1907)
“ O men from the fields! Soft, softly come thro'. Mary puts round him Her mantle of blue. This work is in the public domain in the United States because it was published in 1907, before the cutoff of January 1, 1928. The longest-living author of this work died in 1972, so this work is in the public domain in countries and areas where the copyright term is the author's life plus 50 years or less. This work may be in the public domain in countries and areas with longer native copyright terms that apply the rule of the shorter term to foreign works. ”
