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Broadside ballad entitled 'Adieu, My Native Land, Adieu' |
TranscriptionADIEU, MY NATIVE LAND, ADIEU. This song can only be had at the Poet's Box, Price One Penny, AIR?farewell to Albion's Heather Hills. Adieu, my native land, adieu, The vessel spreads her swelling sails; Your fertile fields, your flowery dales. Far from the faithless maid I roam, Unpitied leave my peaceful home. Adieu, my native, &c. Farewell dear village, oh, farewell; Soft on the gale thy mnrmer dies; Thy spires yet glad my aching eyes. I scorn to shrink from fate's decree; I'd heave another sigh for thee. Adieu, my native, &c. In vain through shades of frowning night, Mine eyes thy rocky coast explore; I view thy beacons now no more. Nor night, nor streams, nor death I fear, That peace which fate denies me here. Adien, my natixe, &c. The Poet is a general Job Printer, and executes all orders The Poet has the best songs in the world. The collection is
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Probable period of publication:
1870-1890 shelfmark: L.C.1269(177b)
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