New and Old College Songs: Latest and BestRichard A. Saalfield, 1888 - 84 pages |
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accel ad lib Allegretto Andante auld lang syne Barb'ra Allen BASS Bay of Biscay Bingo Bohunkus bonnie Dundee boys brave bright British Grenadiers bull-dog bull-frog Cheeri-ly Chorus CORO dead Dear Fatherland drink drum echoes sound Evelina ex-au eyes Farewell FUNICULA G. W. HUNT gone Good-bye ha'e heart Heav'n hm hm hm Joles hooray jump'd King la la la lads little injun Little Moses live loft lover maid Maria Men of Harlech MERRY CHINK Moderato molto cres mush Music naughty ne'er never night o'er oh where ish PIANO poor R. A. SAALFIELD Rhine Ri-a Ride a cock-horse roll a-long Rule Britannia sal-vam fac scratch'd sigh sing SOLO song sweet tail tell tempo thee There's thou thro TUNE Twas Twinkle doo-dle-dum VOICE youth
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Page 81 - By the struggling moonbeam's misty light, And the lantern dimly burning. No useless coffin enclosed his breast, Not in sheet nor in shroud we wound him; But he lay like a warrior taking his rest, With his martial cloak around him. Few and short were the prayers we said, And we spoke not a word of sorrow; But we steadfastly gazed on the face of the dead, And we bitterly thought of the morrow.
Page 82 - Wha will be a traitor knave? Wha can fill a coward's grave? Wha sae base as be a slave? Let him turn and flee! Wha for Scotland's king and law Freedom's sword will...
Page 84 - Guid faith he mauna fa' that ! For a' that, and a' that, Their dignities, and a' that, The pith o' sense, and pride o' worth, Are higher rank than a' that. Then let us pray that come it may, As come it will for a' that ; That sense and worth, o'er a' the earth, May bear the gree, and a' that. For a
Page 82 - Let him follow me ! By oppression's woes and pains By your sons in servile chains ! We will drain our dearest veins, But they shall be free ! Lay the proud usurpers low ! Tyrants fall in every foe ! Liberty's in every blow ! — Let us do or die...
Page 82 - Still more majestic shalt thou rise, More dreadful from each foreign stroke; As the loud blast that tears the skies Serves but to root thy native oak.
Page 84 - Some talk of Alexander, And some of Hercules ; Of Hector and Lysander, And such great names as these...
Page 78 - ... the matter be? Dear, dear! what can the matter be? Oh dear! what can the matter be? Johnny's so long at the fair.
Page 84 - THE young May moon is beaming, love, The glow-worm's lamp is gleaming, love, How sweet to rove Through Morna's grove, While the drowsy world is dreaming, love ! Then awake ! — the heavens look bright, my dear, Tis never too late for delight, my dear...
Page 84 - For a' that, and a' that, Our toils obscure and a' that ; The rank is but the guinea stamp, The man's the gowd for a
Page 83 - When spring begins his merry career, oh, how his heart grows gay; No summer's drought alarms his fear, nor winter's cold decay; No foresight mars the miller's joy, who's wont to sing and say, "Let others toil from year to year, I live from day to day." Thus, like the miller, bold and free, let us rejoice and sing; The days of youth are made for glee, and time is on the wing; This song shall pass from me to thee, along the jovial ring; Let heart and voice and all agree to say, "Long live the king.