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A Song Of The Oak The Brave Old Oak, Edward James Loder

Historic Sheet Music Collection

In the days of old, when the spring with gold
Was lighting his branches grey
Through the grass at his feet, crept maidens sweet
To gather the dew of May
And all that day to the rebeck gay
They frolick'd with some love swains
They are gone, they are dead
In the churchyard laid
But the tree he still remains.
He saw the rare times
When the Christmas chimes were a merry sound to hear
And the squires wide hall, and the cottage small
Were full of good English cheer
Now gold hath the sway we all obey
And a …

Rondo Brillante Per Il Piano Forte Op. 24, Carl Maria Von Weber

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No abstract provided.

Dussek's Sonata Op. 24, Johann Ladislaus Dussek

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No abstract provided.

Jullien's Celebrated Polkas No. 1 The Original Polka, Louis Antoine Jullien

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The gentleman takes his partner's left hand with his right. Both advance in Balancant on the right, then on the left, alternatively, in such a manner as to find themselves, one measure, nearly vis-a-vis, and the other, nearly dos-a-dos. In this position they promenade as if it were round the circle once or twice, the gentleman holding the lady's left hand as at the starting. After one or several rounds, the gentleman leaves the lady's hand to take hold of her by the waist, exactly as in the waltz. They perform thus, FIGURES EN AVANT, then, FIGURES EN TOURNANT, atlernatively, …

JubelkläNge Aus Albion, Joseph Labitzky

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No abstract provided.

The Hour Of Prayer, Sidney Nelson, Mrs. Hemans

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[Verse 1]
Child amidst the flow'rs at play,
While the red light fades away;
Mother, with thine earnest eye,
Ever following silently;
Ever following silently;
Father, by the breeze of eve,
Call'd thy harvest work to leave;
Call'd thy harvest work to leave;
Pray! ere yet the dark hours be,
Lift the heart and bend the knee,
Pray! ere yet the dark hours be,
Lift the heart and bend the knee.

[Verse 2]
Trav'ller, in the stranger's land,
far from thine own house hold band;
Mourner, haunted by the tone
Of a voice from this world gone;
Of a voice …

I Caught Her Tear At Parting, Ernest Kollmann

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[Verse 1]

I caught her tear at parting,
It mingled with my own;
Her farewell, too, was spoken
In sorrow’s gentlest tone:
Yet well do I remember
The sweet smile that she wore,
As she spoke of that blest meeting
When we should part no more.
Speed on, ye weary hours!
Time, haste thy flight for me!
Speed on! That where my heart is,
There my home may be
There my home may be.

[Verse 2]

How keen that pang of Absence
O! many a heart hath prov’d;
But none hath felt moore keenly,
Than mine for my be lov’d. …

La'bayadere Quick Step, Chales Zeuner

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No abstract provided.

Elssler Quadrilles, Charles Jarvis

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Fanny Grey. A ballad of real life.

Well, well, Sir! so you're come at last!
I thought you'd come no more:
I've waited, with my bonnet on,
from one till half-past four!
You know I hate to sit alone,
unsettled where to go:
You'll break my heart - I feel you will if you continue so!
You'll break my heart - I feel you will if you continue so!

2
Now pray, my love, put by that frown,
and don't begin to scold!
You really will persuade me soon
you're growing cross and old.
I only stopp'd at Grosv'nor gate, …

Old Church Clock, J. Long

Historic Sheet Music Collection

Hark! hark! the old church clock, with its bell and its chime,
Loves to mark how swift travel the feet of time;
It counteth the minutes, it telleth the hours,
As spring marks its seasons by blossoms and flowers;
Oh! dear are the chimes of that old clock to me,
They float like soft music o'er memory's sea;
I knew not a pain, shed in sorrow no tear,
When those chimes first in melody smote on mine ear
When those chimes first in melody smote on mine ear.

2
By that old clock I've counted, how years passed on,
How …

Jim Along Josey, Edward Harper, John N. Smith

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Oh! I'se from Luciananna as you all know,
Dar whare Jim along Josey's all de go,
Dem niggars all rise when de bell does ring,
And dis is de song dat dey do sing.
Hey get along, get along Josey
Hey get along Jim along Joe!
Hey get along, get along Josey
Hey get along, Jim along Joe!

Oh! when I gets dat new coat which I expects to hab soon,
Like wise a new pair tight-knee'd trousaloon,
Den I walks up and down Broadway wid my Susanna,
And de white folks will take me to be Santa Anna,
Hey …

The Lord's Prayer, William Richard Bristow

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Our father who art in Heav’n hallowed be thy Name thy Kingdom come thy will be done on earth as it is in heav’n give us this day our daily bread and forgive us our trespasses as we forgive them that trespass against us lead us not into temptation but deliver us from evil for thine is the Kingdom and the pow’r and the glory forever and ever Amen.

Rocked In The Cradle Of The Deep, Joseph Philip Knight

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Rock'd in the cradle of the deep
I lay me down in peace to sleep
Secure I rest upon the wave
For thou Oh! Lord,
hast power to save.
I know thou wilt not slight my call,
For thou dost mark the sparrow's fall!
And calm and peaceful is my sleep
Rock'd in the cradle of the deep
And such the trust that still were mine
Tho' stor my winds wept o'er the brine
Or tho' the tempest's fiery breath
Rous'd me from sleep to wreck and death!
In ocean cave still safe with Thee,
The germ of immortality;
And …

The Meeting, Ernest Kollmann

Historic Sheet Music Collection

O happy day! O joyous hour!
That brings me back to Love's own bow'r
To kneel again at Beautys shrine
To breathe thy name and call thee mine
But late we parted and I strove
To hide the tear drop from my love
The tear is past the sigh is o'er
We meet in joy to part no more
The tear is past the sigh is o'er,
We meet in joy, to part no more.

For thy dear sake I've breath'd farewell
To that dear Home where kind hearts dwell
Whose love hath hallow'd every scene
Where I from youth …

Thou Wilt Go And Forget Me, Alexander Lee

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Thou wilt go and forget me, as others have done,
Who have lov'd with an ardour like thine.
I shall weep in thine absence, like many a one,
Who has lov'd, who has lov'd with devotion like mine.
yet I love thee, oh! dearly I love thee, in spite
Of the warning I take from the past;
As the sweet rose of summer,
The sweet rose of summer we love,
We love with delight,
Tho' we know that its bloom cannot last,
Tho' we know hat its bloom cannot last.
Thou wilt go and forget me!
Thou'lt go and forget …

Nancy Lee, Stephan Adams, Fred E. Weatherly

Historic Sheet Music Collection

[Verse 1]
Of all the wives as e'er you know,
Yeo ho! lads! ho!
Yeo ho! yeo ho!
There's none like Nancy Lee I trow,
Yeo ho! lads! ho! yeo ho!
See there she stands an' waves her hand upon the quay,
An' ev'ry day when I'm away
She'll watch for me,
An whisper low when tempests blow, for Jack at sea;
Yeo ho! lads! ho! yeo ho!
The sailor's wife, the sailors' star shall be,
Yeo ho! we go across the sea,
The sailor's wife, the sailor's star shall be,
The sailor's wife his star shall be.

[Verse 2] …

Away Away To The Moutains Brow, Alexander Lee

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A...way, away, to the rocky glen,
Where the deer are wildly bounding
Away, And the hills shall echo in gladness again,
To the Hunter's Bugle sounding
While beauty, my love, on thy cheek shall dwell
Like the rose as it opens the day;
While the zephyr that breaks thro' the flow'ry dell
Shakes the sparkling dew drops away, away away, away to the rocky glen,
Where deer are wildly bounding;
Away, And the hills shall echo in gladness again,
To the Hunter's Bugle sounding
To the Hunters Bugle sounding
To the Hunter's Bugle sounding.

Away, away, to the mountain's brow, …

Cracovienne, Robert Nicolas Charles Bocsha

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No abstract provided.

Gitana, Charles Willliam Clover

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No abstract provided.

Rapture Dwelling, Michael William Balfe

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The rapture dwelling
Within my breast,
And fondly telling Its fears to rest;
The rapture dwelling
Within my breast,
And fondly telling Its fears to rest;
Comes o'er me weaving Its charmed chain;
No vestige leaving of sorrow's stain,
No vestige leaving of sorrow's stain,
of sorrow's of sorrow's stain.
Oh! the rapture dwelling
Within my breast,
And fondly telling Its fears to rest,
No vestige leaving of sorrow's stain of sorrow's stain.

Ah! The rapture dwelling
Within my breast,
And fondly telling Its fears to rest;
The rapture dwelling
Within my breast,
And fondly telling its fears to rest; …

Who Has Not Marked When The Sun Was High, William Michael Rooke, John Thomas Haines

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The Ice clad Alp no hunter's heart appals,
while he in mem'ry hears love's cheering voice.
Behold the Chasm! behold the chasm!
deep, deep the awful gulph!
death howls below, death howls below;
he fears not, he fears not,
while love smile, while love smiles,
he fears not,
while love smiles, while love smiles,
he fears not.

Who has not mark'd, when the sun was high,
The hunter linger the lone cot by,
With his rifle in hand and his bugle slung,
As if to that cottage his hearts hope clung
As if to that cottage his heart's hope clung …

Veteran: A Ballad, Joseph Philip Knight, Thomas Haynes Bayly Esqr.

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It was a sabbath morn,
The bell had chimed for church,
And the young and gay were gathering
Around the rustic porch.
There came and aged man,
In a solider's garb was he;
And gazing round the group,he cried, "Do none remember me?"

The Veteran forgot
His friends were changed or gone;
The many forms around his there
As children he had known:
He pointed to the spot
Where his dwelling used to be;
Then told his name, and smiling said, "You now remember me."

A las! none knew him there,
He pointed to a stone
On which the name …

Rockaway, Henry Russell, Henry John Sharpe

Historic Sheet Music Collection

On old Long Island's sea girl shore,
Many an hour I've whil'd away,
In list'ning to the breaker's roar
That wash the beach at Pockaway.
On old Long Island's sea girl shore
Many an hour I've whil'd away,
In list'ning to the breakers roar,
That wash the beach at Rockaway.
Transfix'd I've stood while nature's lyre,
In one harmonious concert broke,
And catching its' promethean fire,
My inmost soul to rapture woke.
Oh! On old Long Island's seagirt shore,
Many an hour I've whil'd away,
In list'ning to the breaker's raor,
That wash the beach at rockaway.

Oh how delightful …

Oh The Merry Days When We Were Young, Mary Ann Paton

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Oh! the merry days the merry days when we were young,
Oh! the merry days the merry days, when we were young
By the hill and forest glen,we chas'd the shadows then none could be
Blythe as we in the merry days when we were young none could be
Blythe as we In the merry days when we were young

Past those sunny hours with all the joys that youth could bring
And now in wintry bow'rs we sigh to lose our happy spring
When Love and Friendship susil'd and careless hope be guil'd
Ne'er shall we others see like …

Lament Of The Irish Emigrant, William Richardson Dempster

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I'm sitting on the stile, Mary,
Where we sat side by side,
On a bright morning long ago,
When first you were my bride.

The corn was springing fresh and green,
And the lark sang loud and high
And the red was on thy lip Mary
And the love light in your eye
And the red was on thy lip Mary
And the l ove light in your eye
The place is little change, Mary,
The day as bright as then;
The larks loud song is in my ear,
And the corn is green again!

But I miss the soft …

Nina La Glaneuse, Théodore Labarre, Marc Constantin, Joseph Vimeaux

Historic Sheet Music Collection

Un jour Nina pauvre enfant du village,
Au champ de blé d'un riche moissonneur,
D'un pas discret, se rendait à l'ouvrage
Pour recueillir quelques épis en fleurs.

Belle elle éteat, sa voix enchanteresse;
Avec quinze ans, c'était la sa richesse:
Aussi le fils du fermier Mathurin,
En soupirant répétait ce refrain:

Glanez, glanez, ma petite glanense,
Avec le tems avec le tems vous serez plus heureuse!
Glanez, glanez, parmi ces épis d'or glanez, glanez, glanez, glanez ma petite glaneuse:
Pour vous pour vous ces épis d'or muriront encor.

Chacun savait que la pauvre fillette,
Au bleu regard, au sourire charmant; …

L'Ange Des Petits Enfants, Quatrelles, Eugène Lonlay, Joseph Vimeaux

Historic Sheet Music Collection

A l'abri de mon aile,
En paix coulez vos jours;
Je suis l'ange fidèle
Qui vous sourit toujours
Qui vous sourit toujours.

Près de vous Dieu m'envoie,
Jolis petits enfants,
Pour garder votre joie
Et partager vos chants.

Planant sur votre trace,
Essaim au vol léger,
Contre qui vous menace
Je sais vous protéger,
Je sais vous protéger!

Pour vous je fais éclore
Les fleurs de l'églantier,
Les rayons de l'aurore
Et l'ombre du sentier;

Dans vos regards limpides
Je mets l'azur des cieux,
Sur vos lèvres timides,
Des baisers précieux!
Des baisers précieux!

Lorsque de la prière
L'heure sonne …

Mignonne : Romance, Mr. Maillot, Adolphe Catelin, Joseph Vimeaux

Historic Sheet Music Collection

Mignonne
Est le nom que je donne àcelle que chérit mon coeur:
C'est un enfant plein de douceur,
Son innocence est sa couronne
Et sa parure est la fraicheur.
Mignonne, Mignonne,
Oh! ma Mignonne
Ah! qu'à moi ton âme s'abandonne!
Mavoix t'implore avec ardeur
Mignonne! Mignonne!
Un seul regard pour mon bonheur.

Mignonne! à lâme douce et bonne,
Lefront modeste et l'air pieux,
Savoix, écho mystérieux,
Entous mes sens vibre et résonne
Comme un concert délicieux...
Mignonne! Mignonne!
Oh! ma Mignonne!
Ah! qu'a moi ton âme s'abandonne!
Vois les pleurs qui brûlent mes yeux!
Mignonne! Mignonne!
Que ton amour m'ouvre …

Huit Ans, Ou La PrièRe Sur Le Rivage, F Masini, Hippolyte Guérin, Joseph Vimeux, Adolphe Mouilleron

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Il est triste et seul sur la plage amère,
l'humble enfant du pêcheur qui vogue insoucieux!
Son doux regard suit au loin son vieux père,
Son jeune coeur suit l'èclair de ses yeux...

Sans péril, blanche et frêle,
Vogue en paix la nacelle!
Vogue en paix la nacelle!
Rien si bien ne défend
Que la prière d'un enfant!
Rien si bien ne défend
Que la priè re d'un enfant!

Pour un dur travail sur la mer immense,
Hélas! il a huit ans... huit ans! ah! c'est trop peu!..
Mais à genoux dans sa jeune impuissance,
Du bord des flots, il …

Dans Mes ForêTs Sauvages : Melodie Pour Voix De Bariton, F. Massini, Matteo Carcassi, Marc Constantin, Frédéric Sorrieu

Historic Sheet Music Collection

Quoi! vous voulez
et vous croyez peut etre,
que sans regrêt je quitte mes forêts
et le pays si doux
qui m'a vu naître
pour vos cités et vos brillants palais!
ne venez pas sous nos sombres ombrages,
là, tout est calme et plein de majeste!....

ah! laissez moi dans mes forêts sauvages,
ce n'est que là qu'on rêve en liberté!
ah! lassez moi dans mes forêts sauvages,
ce n'est que là qu'on rêve en liberté!
ce n'est que là qu'on rêve en liberté!

On m'avait dit que dans vos grandes villes
vous recherchiez l'or qui vous éblouit!
pourquoi ces …