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THE CHARMS OF MELODY.
STERNE'S MARIA.
''"T^WAS near a tliicket's calm retreat,
L Beneath a poplar tree,
Maiia chofe ner wietched feat.
To mourn her forrows free.
Her loiely form was Iweet to view.
As dawn at op'ning day —
But, ah I ftie mourned htr love not true.
And wept her cares aw ay.
The brook flow'd gently at her feet.
In murmur Imooth along ;
Her pipe, which once flie tuu'd fo fweet.
Had now forgot its long :
No more to charm the vale (he tries,
For grief had fill'd her breaft-r.
Fled are the joys fhe us'd to prize,
For love had rob'd her reft.
Poor haplefs maid ! who can behold
Thy forrows, fo fevere—
Or hear thy love-lorn Ilory told,
' Without a falling tear ?
Maria, lucklefs maid 1 adieu !
Thy forrows foon muit ceafe !
Sure Heav'n will take a maid fo true,
To everlafling peace I 'Moulds.
NAN OF HAMPTON GREEN.
WITH care I fearch'd the village round,
And many hamlets try'd ;
At length a fair I happ'ly found.
Devoid of art and pride :
In neat-built cot.
It is her lot,
A ruftic life to lead ;
With tender care
Her lajnbkins rear,
And vatch her e'^ves to, feed.
Where Thames in lilver current fiow?.
To beautify the fcene,
Tiere blooms this fair, a blufhing rofe,
Sweet Nan,6rHannpton-green.
Her eyes befpeak a foul for love —
I-fcr manner form'd to pieafe ;
In mildnefs equal to the dove,
With innocence and eale.
■ To paint her face,
J-ler form and graoc.
All words are weak and vaLii — '
lEnough to tell
She does excell
The daughter-of the main.
WhsreThamesy&c.
When firft this charjner.I fui'vey'd.
With doubx my mind w as fraught-
Fancy the beauteous maid pourtray'd
A goddefs to. my thought :
In am'rous blils
I feiz'd a kifs, ■,
Which banifh'd all alarms ;
'J hen joyful found
My wifhes crown'd —
A mortal in my;ar-ms. ,
Where Thames, Ifc.
o
THE DXJTCPI FISHMONGER.
F all who llrive to live and thrive.
LULLABY.
PEACEFUL flumb'ringon the ocean,
Seamen fear no danger nigh ;
Wind and waves, in gentle motion,
Sooth them with their Lullaby.
I,ullaby, Lullaby, Lullaby, Lullaby,—
Sooth them with t-heir. Lullaby.
Tho' the wind tempeftuous blowing,
Still no danger they delcry —
The guililefs heart its boon bellowing,
Sooths them with its L'.ilhby.
Luilaby, t^c
By cunning to o'er-reach mans-
Wether trade be dead, or trade be alive,
The beft of all trades is a Dutchman's.
With fome 'tisiifh what they can get,
But all is fifh in the Uutchman's-iiet :
]V^t a hie van landerick, dobefslandericlc.
Snick fnack landerick, O licho.
We trade met the Yankee, and deal met the Scot :
Wc cheat all the Taen and the Tender ;
We cheat de jev/ — ar.d better as dat.
We cheat aw ain and onder :
And at Amflerd^m, if he comes dere.
Will cheat dex Duyvil — and all that's all fair-:
Met a hie, &c.
Myn-heer can txink — wlien trink by chance,
Myn-heer by chance can caper ;
.But Ick will not let" him's vrow go dance,
'Till fomebody pay de piper ;
/in'd if ein koopman holts min hand,
A breaks myn pipe, Ick can niet vorftond :
Met a hie, Ci c. ..
D-e-ftrange mans comes vor the fifh dat is nice.
And he looks fharp i>s donder,
Ick praife myn goods, and tak myn price-^
And fell him altinking vlounder :
He call me tief — but. Ick cry yaw, yaw,
And keeps myn hand on de gelt — come fa : '
Met 11 hie, i^c.
CORN RIGGS.
MY Patie is a lover gay.
His mind is never muddy, O.;
His breath is fweeter than new hay —
His face is fair and ruddy, O.
His fhape is hardlome, middle fize —
He's flately in his walking, O ;
The fhining of his een furprize —
'Tis Jieav'n to hear him talking, O.
Laft night I met him on a bawk.
Where yellow corn was growing, O.:
There many a kindly word he ipohe.
That fet my heart a glowing, O.
He kifs'd, and vow'd he would be mine—
And loo'd me beft of ony, O ;
Which gars me like to fing finfyne,
:0,Corn Riggs are bonny, G.
Let maidens 6' a filly mind
Refufe what maift their wanting, O —
Since we for yielding were defign'd,
Wechaftly fbould be granting, O :
Then I'll comply, and marry Pate —
And fyne my cockernony,0 ;
lie's free to touzcl ear' or late,
Where Corn Riggs are bonny, O.
BLOW, BLOW, THOU WINTER'S WIND:
LOW, blow, thou winter's wind —
Thou art not fo unkind
As man's ingratitude.
Thy tooth is not fa:keen,
Lecaufe thou art not feen,
Altho' thy breath be rude.
Heigh, ho ! fing, heigh, ho ! unto the green holiy,
mS. friendfliip is feigning, moft loving mere folly;
Then,heigh, ho"! the holly —
This life, is moll jolly.
'Freeze, freeze, thou bitter fky —
Thou doft not bite fo nigh,
As benefits forgot :
Though thou the waters warp.
Thy fling is not lb fharp,
.As friends remember'd.BOt.
H-Jgh, ko
I ?<'/■
STERNE'S MARIA.
''"T^WAS near a tliicket's calm retreat,
L Beneath a poplar tree,
Maiia chofe ner wietched feat.
To mourn her forrows free.
Her loiely form was Iweet to view.
As dawn at op'ning day —
But, ah I ftie mourned htr love not true.
And wept her cares aw ay.
The brook flow'd gently at her feet.
In murmur Imooth along ;
Her pipe, which once flie tuu'd fo fweet.
Had now forgot its long :
No more to charm the vale (he tries,
For grief had fill'd her breaft-r.
Fled are the joys fhe us'd to prize,
For love had rob'd her reft.
Poor haplefs maid ! who can behold
Thy forrows, fo fevere—
Or hear thy love-lorn Ilory told,
' Without a falling tear ?
Maria, lucklefs maid 1 adieu !
Thy forrows foon muit ceafe !
Sure Heav'n will take a maid fo true,
To everlafling peace I 'Moulds.
NAN OF HAMPTON GREEN.
WITH care I fearch'd the village round,
And many hamlets try'd ;
At length a fair I happ'ly found.
Devoid of art and pride :
In neat-built cot.
It is her lot,
A ruftic life to lead ;
With tender care
Her lajnbkins rear,
And vatch her e'^ves to, feed.
Where Thames in lilver current fiow?.
To beautify the fcene,
Tiere blooms this fair, a blufhing rofe,
Sweet Nan,6rHannpton-green.
Her eyes befpeak a foul for love —
I-fcr manner form'd to pieafe ;
In mildnefs equal to the dove,
With innocence and eale.
■ To paint her face,
J-ler form and graoc.
All words are weak and vaLii — '
lEnough to tell
She does excell
The daughter-of the main.
WhsreThamesy&c.
When firft this charjner.I fui'vey'd.
With doubx my mind w as fraught-
Fancy the beauteous maid pourtray'd
A goddefs to. my thought :
In am'rous blils
I feiz'd a kifs, ■,
Which banifh'd all alarms ;
'J hen joyful found
My wifhes crown'd —
A mortal in my;ar-ms. ,
Where Thames, Ifc.
o
THE DXJTCPI FISHMONGER.
F all who llrive to live and thrive.
LULLABY.
PEACEFUL flumb'ringon the ocean,
Seamen fear no danger nigh ;
Wind and waves, in gentle motion,
Sooth them with their Lullaby.
I,ullaby, Lullaby, Lullaby, Lullaby,—
Sooth them with t-heir. Lullaby.
Tho' the wind tempeftuous blowing,
Still no danger they delcry —
The guililefs heart its boon bellowing,
Sooths them with its L'.ilhby.
Luilaby, t^c
By cunning to o'er-reach mans-
Wether trade be dead, or trade be alive,
The beft of all trades is a Dutchman's.
With fome 'tisiifh what they can get,
But all is fifh in the Uutchman's-iiet :
]V^t a hie van landerick, dobefslandericlc.
Snick fnack landerick, O licho.
We trade met the Yankee, and deal met the Scot :
Wc cheat all the Taen and the Tender ;
We cheat de jev/ — ar.d better as dat.
We cheat aw ain and onder :
And at Amflerd^m, if he comes dere.
Will cheat dex Duyvil — and all that's all fair-:
Met a hie, &c.
Myn-heer can txink — wlien trink by chance,
Myn-heer by chance can caper ;
.But Ick will not let" him's vrow go dance,
'Till fomebody pay de piper ;
/in'd if ein koopman holts min hand,
A breaks myn pipe, Ick can niet vorftond :
Met a hie, Ci c. ..
D-e-ftrange mans comes vor the fifh dat is nice.
And he looks fharp i>s donder,
Ick praife myn goods, and tak myn price-^
And fell him altinking vlounder :
He call me tief — but. Ick cry yaw, yaw,
And keeps myn hand on de gelt — come fa : '
Met 11 hie, i^c.
CORN RIGGS.
MY Patie is a lover gay.
His mind is never muddy, O.;
His breath is fweeter than new hay —
His face is fair and ruddy, O.
His fhape is hardlome, middle fize —
He's flately in his walking, O ;
The fhining of his een furprize —
'Tis Jieav'n to hear him talking, O.
Laft night I met him on a bawk.
Where yellow corn was growing, O.:
There many a kindly word he ipohe.
That fet my heart a glowing, O.
He kifs'd, and vow'd he would be mine—
And loo'd me beft of ony, O ;
Which gars me like to fing finfyne,
:0,Corn Riggs are bonny, G.
Let maidens 6' a filly mind
Refufe what maift their wanting, O —
Since we for yielding were defign'd,
Wechaftly fbould be granting, O :
Then I'll comply, and marry Pate —
And fyne my cockernony,0 ;
lie's free to touzcl ear' or late,
Where Corn Riggs are bonny, O.
BLOW, BLOW, THOU WINTER'S WIND:
LOW, blow, thou winter's wind —
Thou art not fo unkind
As man's ingratitude.
Thy tooth is not fa:keen,
Lecaufe thou art not feen,
Altho' thy breath be rude.
Heigh, ho ! fing, heigh, ho ! unto the green holiy,
mS. friendfliip is feigning, moft loving mere folly;
Then,heigh, ho"! the holly —
This life, is moll jolly.
'Freeze, freeze, thou bitter fky —
Thou doft not bite fo nigh,
As benefits forgot :
Though thou the waters warp.
Thy fling is not lb fharp,
.As friends remember'd.BOt.
H-Jgh, ko
I ?<'/■
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Description | Also: Nan of Hampton green. Also: Peaceful slumb'ring on the ocean. Also: The Dutch fishmonger. Also: Corn riggs. Also: Blow, blow, thou winter's wind. |
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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