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POPULAR SONGS. 301
Now to liim her love imparts —
One pure flame pervades brth hearts.
Honour calls him to the field,
Love to conquest now must yield ;
" Sweet maid !" he cries, " a,!?ain I'll come to thee,
When the <^lal trumpet sounds a victory !"
Battle now with farj glows ! —
Hostile blood in torrents flows !
His dnty tells him to depart, —
She press'd her hero to her hetiit,
And now the trumpet sounds to arms,
Amid the crash ol rude alarms,
'•■ Sweet maid," he cries, &c.
He with love and conquest burns,
Each subdue his mind by turns.
Death the soldier now enthrals ! —
And with his wound the hero falls.
She disdaining war's alarms,
Rush'd and caught him in her arms,
"Oh, death !" he cried, "thou'it welcome now to me,
For, hark ! the glad trumpet sounds a victory."
THE QUEEN OF THE GREENWOOD TREE.
Words by Addison. — IMiisic by A, Lee.
Shall I dwell, shall I dwell amid barons,
In tapestried hall, in tapestried hall,
With my page and i*ny vassals attending
All ready to come at my call.
No, no, no, a Forester bold for me,
A Forester bold, a Forester bold,
A Forester bold for me ;
Bold as he's free, a forester's wife I'll be,
The Queen of the Greenwood tree.
Now to liim her love imparts —
One pure flame pervades brth hearts.
Honour calls him to the field,
Love to conquest now must yield ;
" Sweet maid !" he cries, " a,!?ain I'll come to thee,
When the <^lal trumpet sounds a victory !"
Battle now with farj glows ! —
Hostile blood in torrents flows !
His dnty tells him to depart, —
She press'd her hero to her hetiit,
And now the trumpet sounds to arms,
Amid the crash ol rude alarms,
'•■ Sweet maid," he cries, &c.
He with love and conquest burns,
Each subdue his mind by turns.
Death the soldier now enthrals ! —
And with his wound the hero falls.
She disdaining war's alarms,
Rush'd and caught him in her arms,
"Oh, death !" he cried, "thou'it welcome now to me,
For, hark ! the glad trumpet sounds a victory."
THE QUEEN OF THE GREENWOOD TREE.
Words by Addison. — IMiisic by A, Lee.
Shall I dwell, shall I dwell amid barons,
In tapestried hall, in tapestried hall,
With my page and i*ny vassals attending
All ready to come at my call.
No, no, no, a Forester bold for me,
A Forester bold, a Forester bold,
A Forester bold for me ;
Bold as he's free, a forester's wife I'll be,
The Queen of the Greenwood tree.
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| Description | A collection of songs. Edinburgh: Printed and published by W. Glass, MDCCCXXXVII [1837]. |
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| Shelfmark | Glen.4 |
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| Description | Scottish songs and music of the 18th and early 19th centuries, including music for the Highland bagpipe. These are selected items from the collection of John Glen (1833 to 1904). Also includes a few manuscripts, some treatises, and other books on the subject. |
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| Description | The Glen Collection and the Inglis Collection represent mainly 18th and 19th century Scottish music, including Scottish songs. The collections of Berlioz and Verdi collected by bibliographer Cecil Hopkinson contain contemporary and later editions of the works of the two composers Berlioz and Verdi. |
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