The Book of English Songs: From the Sixteenth to the Nineteenth CenturyCharles Mackay |
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... popular mind , have been considered legiti- mate passports to a place in this volume . Care has been taken to ex- clude immoral songs of every kind , and to include all songs unobjec tionable in other respects , which have at any time ...
... popular mind , have been considered legiti- mate passports to a place in this volume . Care has been taken to ex- clude immoral songs of every kind , and to include all songs unobjec tionable in other respects , which have at any time ...
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... popular by Fletcher of Saltoun , that the song - writer has more influence upon the mind of the people than the law - maker . Both of these estimates are wrong . A song is neither so small nor so great a matter as is represented . The ...
... popular by Fletcher of Saltoun , that the song - writer has more influence upon the mind of the people than the law - maker . Both of these estimates are wrong . A song is neither so small nor so great a matter as is represented . The ...
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... popular the " red coats " may be among the ladies of the land , they are not by any means so popular as the " blue " among the poets and the musicians . The dangers and the glories , the hardships and the rewards , the grief and the joy ...
... popular the " red coats " may be among the ladies of the land , they are not by any means so popular as the " blue " among the poets and the musicians . The dangers and the glories , the hardships and the rewards , the grief and the joy ...
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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