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Aw've no gradely comfort, my lass,
Except wi' yon childer and thee.
Give a turn when yo con; but remember to th' end
It's turnin' th' wrang road to turn on a friend.
—He's prattiest whistler
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Here's to thee owd musicianer!
Aw wish lung life to thee—
A mon that plays a fiddle weel
Should never awse to dee.
An', oh,—as we're joggin' away,—
Let's forgive one another.
So here's good luck to country folk,
An' country fun for ever. |
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To
JOHN H. NODAL,
EDWIN WAUGH'S OLD FRIEND AND MINE,
THIS COLLECTION OF SONGS
IS DEDICATED WITH FEELINGS
OF KINDLY REGARD
AND APPRECIATION, BY
CHRIS. E. ROWLEY.
22. VICTORIA STREET,
MANCHESTER, 1899.
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Ed.―each of Waugh's songs in the following table of contents is
available to download in .pdf format - file sizes vary from 400KB to
3MB depending on the number of pages. To download, click on
the 'page number'. |
CONTENTS.
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IN LITERARY ENGLISH.
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The
Hour of Shade |
1. |
Christmas Carol |
19. |
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*When
Drowsy Daylight |
4. |
I wish my love it was so with you |
20. |
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Bide
on |
6. |
*When the Sun goes down |
22. |
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Twilight Carol |
8. |
Mountaineer's Song |
24. |
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Farewell |
10. |
God bless thee, Old England |
29. |
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Good
Night |
13. |
Alone upon the Flowery Plain |
32. |
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Christmas Song |
16. |
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IN THE LANCASHIRE DIALECT. |
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*The
Garland |
38. |
A Bit of a Sing |
46. |
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To my
Owd Fiddle |
40. |
Come whoam to thi' childer an' me |
48. |
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*Th'
Sweetheart Gate |
42. |
A Lift on the Way |
52. |
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Cradle Song |
44. |
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Nearly all of the above are original vocal compositions, and, so far
as I know, the words of most of them have not hitherto been set to
music.
An interesting fact in connection with those marked * is that
the late Lancashire Laureate often sang these, his favourite lyrics,
to the traditional airs to which they are set. Indeed, it was
well known to the more intimate friends of the Poet that he was
quite a mine of wealth in regard to traditional Folk-songs. It
was his intention to bring out a volume of such to his own words,
and only a month or two before he died I wrote down these melodies
as my friend sang them. Unhappily that volume was never
produced, and it is hoped that the present one will, perhaps in
another way, fulfil the late Poet's intentions. At least two
of my Songs ("Good Night " and the "Cradle Song") Mr. WAUGH intended
to include in his volume, as they specially commended themselves to
his musical ear.—C.E.R.
Speed indication and expression marks have been almost
entirely omitted; and as it is impossible to indicate the exact
syllabic association of words with notes, when, as in most of the
songs in this volume, the music is not reprinted for each verse, I
have shewn by the occasional use of smaller notes what should be
done in this way; but in whatever direction, I trust to the good
judgment and artistic feeling of the vocalist. |
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