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ENGLISH SONG AND BALLAD MUSIC.
"A new Irish song of Lil-li bur lero, to an excellent new tune."
Gaily.
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Ho! bro-ther Teague, dost hear de de-cree ? Lil-li bur-le-ro, bullen a la,
Dat we shall have a new de-pu-tie, Lil-li bur-le- ro, bullen a la,
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Le-ro, le - ro, lil-li bur-le- ro, Lil-li bur-le - ro, bul-len a la,
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Le - ro, le - ro, lil-li bur-le - ro, lil-li bur-le - ro, bul-len a la.
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Dat dey will have no Protestant heir.
O, but why does he stay behind ?
Ho ! by my shoul, 'tis a Protestant wind.
Now Tyrconnel is come ashore,
And we shall have commissions gillore ;
And he dat will not go to mass
Shall turn out, and look like an ass.
Now, now de hereticks all go down, [own.
By Creish and St. Patrick, de nation's our
Ho ! by my shoul it is de Talbot,
And he will cut all de English throat ;
Tho', by my shoul, de English do praat,
De law's on dare side, and Creish knows what.
But, if dispence do come from de Pope, [rope.
We'll hang Magna Charta and demselves in a
And de good Talbot is made a lord,
And he with brave lads is coming aboard,
Who all in France have tauken a sware,
The following four lines are added to the song in Tlie Muses' Farewell to
Popery and Slavery, but are printed separately in State Poems, and entitled " An
Irish Prophecy:" —
" There was an old prophecy found in a bog,
That Ireland should be rul'd by an ass and a dog.
The prophecy's true, and now come to pass,
For Talbot's a dog, and Tyrconnel's an ass."
In some later copies, the credit of being the ass is transferred to King James.
The following version of the tune is more generally adopted in the present day.
Three stanzas of a song in praise of the ale of Nottingham, or Newcastle (for it
is printed both ways) , are adapted to it. A copy in praise of Newcastle ale is in
the Roxburghe Collection, iii. 421 ; and one giving the credit to Nottingham is
on a broadside with music, now before me. The tune is copied from the latter.
ENGLISH SONG AND BALLAD MUSIC.
"A new Irish song of Lil-li bur lero, to an excellent new tune."
Gaily.
^ _
P3
T
Ho! bro-ther Teague, dost hear de de-cree ? Lil-li bur-le-ro, bullen a la,
Dat we shall have a new de-pu-tie, Lil-li bur-le- ro, bullen a la,
3S
^
Sfc
i^Esfeirt
i=i^=?=t3=s=j|
Le-ro, le - ro, lil-li bur-le- ro, Lil-li bur-le - ro, bul-len a la,
i
feEEfeaE
lfe§i
&
^^i
Le - ro, le - ro, lil-li bur-le - ro, lil-li bur-le - ro, bul-len a la.
s
Pi
^
Dat dey will have no Protestant heir.
O, but why does he stay behind ?
Ho ! by my shoul, 'tis a Protestant wind.
Now Tyrconnel is come ashore,
And we shall have commissions gillore ;
And he dat will not go to mass
Shall turn out, and look like an ass.
Now, now de hereticks all go down, [own.
By Creish and St. Patrick, de nation's our
Ho ! by my shoul it is de Talbot,
And he will cut all de English throat ;
Tho', by my shoul, de English do praat,
De law's on dare side, and Creish knows what.
But, if dispence do come from de Pope, [rope.
We'll hang Magna Charta and demselves in a
And de good Talbot is made a lord,
And he with brave lads is coming aboard,
Who all in France have tauken a sware,
The following four lines are added to the song in Tlie Muses' Farewell to
Popery and Slavery, but are printed separately in State Poems, and entitled " An
Irish Prophecy:" —
" There was an old prophecy found in a bog,
That Ireland should be rul'd by an ass and a dog.
The prophecy's true, and now come to pass,
For Talbot's a dog, and Tyrconnel's an ass."
In some later copies, the credit of being the ass is transferred to King James.
The following version of the tune is more generally adopted in the present day.
Three stanzas of a song in praise of the ale of Nottingham, or Newcastle (for it
is printed both ways) , are adapted to it. A copy in praise of Newcastle ale is in
the Roxburghe Collection, iii. 421 ; and one giving the credit to Nottingham is
on a broadside with music, now before me. The tune is copied from the latter.
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| Description | A collection of ancient songs, ballads, and dance tunes ... with short introductions to the different reigns, and notices of the airs from writers of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. Also a short account of the minstrels. Airs harmonized by G.A. Macfarren. London: Cramer, Beale & Chappell, [1859]. 2 volumes. Paged continuously. [An expansion of his "Collection of national English airs", published 1838-40.] |
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| Shelfmark | Glen.254-254a |
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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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