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TRADITIONAL TUNES OP UNCERTAIN DATE.
737
With spirit.
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Fare - well and a - dieu to you, Spa - nish la - dies ! Fare-
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- We'll range and we'll rove like true British sailors;
We'll range and we'll rove all on the salt seas ;
Until we strike soundings in the channel of England ;
From Ushant to Scilly is thirty-five leagues.
We hove our ship to, with the wind at sou'west, hoys,
We hove our ship to, for to strike soundings clear,
Then fill 'd the main topsail, and hore right away, boys,
And straight up the Channel our course we did steer.
The first land we made, it is called the Deadman,
Next Ram Head, off Plymouth, Start, Portland, and Wight;
We sailed by Beachy, by Fairly, and Dungeness,
And then bore away for the South Foreland Light.
Then the signal was made for the grand fleet to anchor,
All in the Downs that night for to sleep ;
Now stand by your stoppers, see clear your shank painters,
Hawl up your clew garnets, stick out tacks and sheets.
Now let ev'ry man toss off a full bumper,
Now let ev'ry man take off his full bowl,
For we will be jolly, and drown melancholy,
With a health to each jovial and true-hearted soul.
O DEAR TWELVE PENCE.
This song affords a whimsical exhibition of the uncertainty of human resolution
in point of matrimonial or domestic felicity : —
" O dear twelve pence, I've got twelve pence,
I love twelve pence as I love my life ;
I'll grind a penny on't, and I'll end another on't,
And I'll carry tenpence home to my wife."
737
With spirit.
p3EE^p3f
f^5 f
Fare - well and a - dieu to you, Spa - nish la - dies ! Fare-
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well and a - dieu to you, la- dies of Spain! For we've re-ceived or-ders to
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1
Eng - land, But we hope in
-ar— *"
a short time to
rflg:
-si-
~^~
sail for old
1
d=E*
see you a - gain
r 3 ^
- We'll range and we'll rove like true British sailors;
We'll range and we'll rove all on the salt seas ;
Until we strike soundings in the channel of England ;
From Ushant to Scilly is thirty-five leagues.
We hove our ship to, with the wind at sou'west, hoys,
We hove our ship to, for to strike soundings clear,
Then fill 'd the main topsail, and hore right away, boys,
And straight up the Channel our course we did steer.
The first land we made, it is called the Deadman,
Next Ram Head, off Plymouth, Start, Portland, and Wight;
We sailed by Beachy, by Fairly, and Dungeness,
And then bore away for the South Foreland Light.
Then the signal was made for the grand fleet to anchor,
All in the Downs that night for to sleep ;
Now stand by your stoppers, see clear your shank painters,
Hawl up your clew garnets, stick out tacks and sheets.
Now let ev'ry man toss off a full bumper,
Now let ev'ry man take off his full bowl,
For we will be jolly, and drown melancholy,
With a health to each jovial and true-hearted soul.
O DEAR TWELVE PENCE.
This song affords a whimsical exhibition of the uncertainty of human resolution
in point of matrimonial or domestic felicity : —
" O dear twelve pence, I've got twelve pence,
I love twelve pence as I love my life ;
I'll grind a penny on't, and I'll end another on't,
And I'll carry tenpence home to my wife."
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| Shelfmark | Glen.254a |
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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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