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746
ENGLISH SONG AND BALLAD MUSIC.
NEAR THE TOAVN OF TAUNTON DEAN.
A well-known Somersetshire tune, first printed in my former collection. The
words are here completed from a fragment by Mr. John Oxenford, only the first
six lines being old.
Cheerfully.
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Near the town of Taun - ton Dean, Up - on a plea- sant green, There
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I'm saving up my money fast,
And will he rich at last,
Because I mean that girl to wed
Before a year is past.
I soon shall buy her wedding-dress,
E'en now I've bought the ring;
Oh, of Taunton Dean she is the queen.
And I shall be her king, her king,
And I shall be her king.
The lads around are looking out
To win her heart, no doubt,
But I can watch as sharp as they,
And wield a cudgel stout.
So, youngster, now your distance keep ;
Upon my wedding-day
You shall be a guest to share the feast,
And help us to be gay, be gay,
And help us to be gay.
ENGLISH SONG AND BALLAD MUSIC.
NEAR THE TOAVN OF TAUNTON DEAN.
A well-known Somersetshire tune, first printed in my former collection. The
words are here completed from a fragment by Mr. John Oxenford, only the first
six lines being old.
Cheerfully.
3^
-J—g J *- E§
_{y:
nJ-^^^^^=i^^^
/p-
Near the town of Taun - ton Dean, Up - on a plea- sant green, There
m&z
!•=
-*{— r-
^^
s=p
-J-^-JeISr^
=p=P=
m
m
m$
zjz=iz
=#*=
^t
live8 the mil-lers daugh-ter fair, Her
is sweet eigh - teen.
/
Her
l3=P=
_^
$^
-a . 4
S=FF
^^
S=P=
skin's like a - la - bas-ter white, Like diamonds are her eyes, There's not a mine of
i
3CT=C
qjf*
f
-^T"
->
/
3S
r
5-*
^5
3?
jew-els fine, That half so much I prize, I prize, That half so much I prize.
X
fit
=*==£
:cc
I'm saving up my money fast,
And will he rich at last,
Because I mean that girl to wed
Before a year is past.
I soon shall buy her wedding-dress,
E'en now I've bought the ring;
Oh, of Taunton Dean she is the queen.
And I shall be her king, her king,
And I shall be her king.
The lads around are looking out
To win her heart, no doubt,
But I can watch as sharp as they,
And wield a cudgel stout.
So, youngster, now your distance keep ;
Upon my wedding-day
You shall be a guest to share the feast,
And help us to be gay, be gay,
And help us to be gay.
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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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