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Voice.
Andante.
Come, tni$ m\> nice fresb i\>£.
THE HOLLY AND IVY GIRL.
John Keegan.
mf
-p— r-
PlAXO.
I
1. "Come,
2. "Ah!
3. The
Ped.
con Ped.
^
^=
=P=
^
1. green ;
2. seen !
3. buy;
I have the fin - est "branch - es That
Ah! won't you buy my hoi - ly? All
The crowd passed to and fro, . . . But
The name of this beautiful melody is "The fair maid of Wicklow" ; it is in E. A. Smith's Irish Minstrel, Edinburgh, 1825, set
to a song by the Scotch poet Tannahill, entitled " The Dirge of Carolan." John Eeegan, the author of the verses given above,
was born about 1809, and died 1849 ; he was the most popular of Irish peasant poets. " His life was not a very happy one, as he
Voice.
Andante.
Come, tni$ m\> nice fresb i\>£.
THE HOLLY AND IVY GIRL.
John Keegan.
mf
-p— r-
PlAXO.
I
1. "Come,
2. "Ah!
3. The
Ped.
con Ped.
^
^=
=P=
^
1. green ;
2. seen !
3. buy;
I have the fin - est "branch - es That
Ah! won't you buy my hoi - ly? All
The crowd passed to and fro, . . . But
The name of this beautiful melody is "The fair maid of Wicklow" ; it is in E. A. Smith's Irish Minstrel, Edinburgh, 1825, set
to a song by the Scotch poet Tannahill, entitled " The Dirge of Carolan." John Eeegan, the author of the verses given above,
was born about 1809, and died 1849 ; he was the most popular of Irish peasant poets. " His life was not a very happy one, as he
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| Description | 200 Irish songs adapted to their traditional airs, arranged for voice with pianoforte accompaniment, and supplemented with historical notes by Alfred Moffat. |
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| Shelfmark | Glen.249 |
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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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