Folk Songs

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Arrah, sweet Kitty Neil, rise up from that wheel:

"O dig a grave, and dig it deep,

OVER THE RIVER..

Over the river they beckon to me,

THE BAREFOOT BOY...

.....

Blessings on thee, little man,

FLORENCE VANE.....

I loved thee long and dearly,

THE ROSE.

Go, lovely rose !

WE HAVE BEEN FRIENDS TOGETHER .NORTON

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SHE'S GANE TO DWALL IN HEAVEN...... CUNNINGHAM

She's gane to dwall in Heaven, my lassie!

COME, BEAUTEOUS DAY...

A LITTLE WHILE....

Beyond the smiling and the weeping

ODE TO A DEAD BODY...

....

DEL BASSO. (Italian.) 399

Rise from the loathsome and devouring tomb! Hunt's Translation.

What shall I do with all the days and hours

A soldier of the Legion lay dying in Algiers:

'Mid pleasures and palaces though we may roam,

THE WAR-SONG OF DINAS VAWR.

The mountain sheep are sweeter,

MOTHER MARGERY..

On a bleak ridge, from whose granite edges

THE WIDOW AND CHILD.

Home they brought her warrior dead;

The king, with all the kingly train, had left his Pompadour be-

hind,

THE WONDERFU' WEAN..

.MILLER

Our wean's the most wonderfu' wean e'er I saw;

442

O, sing unto my roundelay!

I GIVE MY SOLDIER-BOY A BLADE.......

THE MAHOGANY TREE...

Christmas is here:

......

One time my soul was pierced as with a sword,

Our bugles sang truce; for the night-cloud had lowered,

THE ROYAL GUEST..

They tell me I am shrewd with other men;

THINK ON ME..

Go where the water glideth gently ever,

THE LAST POET....

"When will your bards be weary

VON AUERSPERG. (German.) 464

Frothingham's Translation.

"To charm, to strengthen, and to teach.”... Macdonough... Anthony..

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..Eytinge....... Anthony.....

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Parsons..... Anthony. .Parsons.. ..Anthony..

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.Nast.

31

.Hoppin...

.Anthony
.Bobbett & Hooper... 36

. Hennessy......Anthony..
.Eytinge... ...Anthony..
Eytinge........Anthony.....

.Boughton Léon Job..

HOW THEY BROUGHT THE GOOD NEWS.
"Good speed!' cried the watch". . . . . . . . Heine .
"As I sat with his head 'twixt my knees

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. Cox...

on the ground; "....

Meffert........ Cox..

99

'My coachman, in the moonlight there,"....McLenan...... Anthony..

108

WITHOUT AND WITHIN.

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