The Book of English Songs: From the Sixteenth to the Nineteenth CenturyCharles Mackay |
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Page 85
... Leave your arbours , bring your loves , Gather posies , Crown your golden hair with roses , As you pass , Foot like fairies on the grass . 1 A game popular in the reign of Queen Elizabeth , and peculiar to the May season of the year ...
... Leave your arbours , bring your loves , Gather posies , Crown your golden hair with roses , As you pass , Foot like fairies on the grass . 1 A game popular in the reign of Queen Elizabeth , and peculiar to the May season of the year ...
Page 94
... Leave the court , and the country take ; Where Susan and Doll , and Nancy and Moll , Follow Harry and John , whilst harvest goes on , And merrily , merrily rake . Leave the London dames , be it spoke to their. THE CHOICE OF A RURAL WIFE ...
... Leave the court , and the country take ; Where Susan and Doll , and Nancy and Moll , Follow Harry and John , whilst harvest goes on , And merrily , merrily rake . Leave the London dames , be it spoke to their. THE CHOICE OF A RURAL WIFE ...
Page 259
... leaves let fragrance rise ; And teach the maid That goodness Time's rude hand defies , — That virtue lives when beauty ... leave our footsteps there behind , Which shall to after ages last , When all our dancing days are past . Sometimes ...
... leaves let fragrance rise ; And teach the maid That goodness Time's rude hand defies , — That virtue lives when beauty ... leave our footsteps there behind , Which shall to after ages last , When all our dancing days are past . Sometimes ...
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Abraham Newland Bacchus beauty born bosom bowl boys brave breath British grenadiers CHARLES DIBDIN CHARLES MACKAY charms cheer cold County Guy cuckoo dear death delight died doth drink e'er England English eyes fair Falero fear flowers give glory Harry Carey hath heart Hearts of oak heav'n his soul heaven high trolollie John jolly King kiss ladies land lass leather bottèl lero live Lord love's lovers maid merrily merry mind morn ne'er never night o'er old cap Opera-box pain passion pipe pleasure poor praise pretty R. B. SHERIDAN round row row Rule Britannia sail sailors shepherds ship sigh smile sorrow soul may dwell sport sung swain sweet tears tell thee there's thine THOMAS THOMAS HAYNES BAYLEY THOMAS MOORE thou tree true Twas Vicar of Bray wine wish in heav'n youth