Songs of old Ireland. : A collection of fifty Irish melodies. / The words by Alfred Perceval Graves. ; The music arranged by C. Villiers Stanford
1882, 1st edition. London : Boosey & Co. Ex-library copy. Very good copy in a later library binding. Slight suggestion only of dust-dulling to the spine bands and panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Item #437108
Physical description: [i], [i], [i], 135 pages of music ; 26 cm. Contents: The little red lark. -- Emer's farewell to Cucullain. -- Awake, awake, Fianna -- Ancient lullaby. -- The royal hunt. -- Battle hymn. -- The return from Fingal. -- Colleen Oge Asthore. -- Fairy nurse song. -- The flight of the earls. -- Fond Chloe. -- Lament for Owen Roe O'Neill. -- St Mary's bells. -- The sailor girl. -- The lament. -- Lady Sybil. -- 'Twas pretty to be in Ballinderry. -- Will you float in my boat. -- Her brow is like the lily. -- Spinning-wheel song. -- How happy for the woodbirds. -- Jack the jolly ploughboy. -- Jenny. -- The smith's song. -- My love's an arbutus. -- The rejected lover. -- The foxhunt. -- Maureen, Maureen. -- The confession. -- An Irish lullaby. -- A sailor lad wooed a farmer's daughter. -- Father O' Flynn. -- The foggy dew. -- Herring our king. -- The hour I prove false. -- I heard 'mid oak-trees olden. -- 'Tis I can weave woollen and linen. -- O thou of the beautiful hair. -- One Sunday after mass. -- Kitty Bawn. -- The poison on the darts. -- When she answered me her voice was low. -- Jenny, I'm not jesting. -- The willow tree. -- The banks of the daisies. -- What is life without a wife. -- Fan Fitzger'l'. -- Molly Hewson. -- Still side by side. -- Good night. Subjects: Graves, Alfred Perceval 1846-1931 ; Musical settings. Folk songs, Irish, Arranged. Songs with piano.
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