The Book of English Songs: From the Sixteenth to the Nineteenth CenturyCharles Mackay Office of the National illustrated library, 1851 - 312 pages |
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... Smiling Morn may light the Sky The Sorrows of True Lovers ' Parting The Sun was sunk beneath the Hill . The thirsty Earth drinks up the Rain The Thorn • The tuneful Sound of Robin's Horn • · J. Bickerstaff Sir Thomas Wyatt . Playford's ...
... Smiling Morn may light the Sky The Sorrows of True Lovers ' Parting The Sun was sunk beneath the Hill . The thirsty Earth drinks up the Rain The Thorn • The tuneful Sound of Robin's Horn • · J. Bickerstaff Sir Thomas Wyatt . Playford's ...
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... smile There's the land , or cherry isle . Cherry ripe , ripe , I cry Full and fair ones , come and buy There plantations fully show All the year where cherries grow . Cherry ripe , ripe , I cry , Full and fair ones , come and buy ...
... smile There's the land , or cherry isle . Cherry ripe , ripe , I cry Full and fair ones , come and buy There plantations fully show All the year where cherries grow . Cherry ripe , ripe , I cry , Full and fair ones , come and buy ...
Page 59
... smile and touch she gives Turns all to golden joys . Since thence we can such treasures raise , Let's no expense ... smiling And beguiling , Makes me happier than before . Though , alas ! too late I find Nothing can her fancy fix ; Yet ...
... smile and touch she gives Turns all to golden joys . Since thence we can such treasures raise , Let's no expense ... smiling And beguiling , Makes me happier than before . Though , alas ! too late I find Nothing can her fancy fix ; Yet ...
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... smile my soul subdue , And kindle up my flames anew ? In vain you strive with all your art , By turns to fire and freeze my heart ; When I behold a face so fair , So sweet a look , so soft an air , My ravish'd soul is charmed all o'er ...
... smile my soul subdue , And kindle up my flames anew ? In vain you strive with all your art , By turns to fire and freeze my heart ; When I behold a face so fair , So sweet a look , so soft an air , My ravish'd soul is charmed all o'er ...
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... smiles the bed of death ? And wilt thou o'er his breathless clay , Strew flowers , and drop the tender tear , Nor then regret those scenes so gay , Where thou wert fairest of the fair ? Robert Burns affirmed this song to be the most ...
... smiles the bed of death ? And wilt thou o'er his breathless clay , Strew flowers , and drop the tender tear , Nor then regret those scenes so gay , Where thou wert fairest of the fair ? Robert Burns affirmed this song to be the most ...
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Abraham Newland Bacchus beauty blow born boys brave British Grenadiers CHARLES DIBDIN CHARLES MACKAY charms cheer Cherry ripe cold County Guy cuckoo delight died doth drink Ellen Evelina English eyes fair Fal lal Falero fear flowers fool glass glory Hark Harry Carey hath heart Heav'n his soul Heaven high trolollie jolly King kiss ladies lass leather bottèl lero Lord lov'd lovers maid merry mind morn ne'er never night o'er old cap pipe pleasure poor praise pretty R. B. SHERIDAN round row row Rule Britannia sail sailors Shakspeare shepherds ship sigh sing smile soldier song sorrow soul may dwell Spanish Armada sport stanzas sung swain sweet Tally-ho tears tell thee There's thine THOMAS Thomas Campbell THOMAS CAREW thou true Twas Vicar of Bray wind wine wish in Heav'n youth