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... Then gentle maidens spare the heart you thus ensnare , Or the willow I must wear with a sad heigh ho , With a sad heigh ho , with a sad heigh ho , & c . GAILY THE TROUBADOUR TOUCH'D HIS GUITAR . GAILY the Troubadour OF NATIONAL SONGS . 41.
... Then gentle maidens spare the heart you thus ensnare , Or the willow I must wear with a sad heigh ho , With a sad heigh ho , with a sad heigh ho , & c . GAILY THE TROUBADOUR TOUCH'D HIS GUITAR . GAILY the Troubadour OF NATIONAL SONGS . 41.
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Quaver. GAILY THE TROUBADOUR TOUCH'D HIS GUITAR . GAILY the Troubadour touch'd his guitar , As he was hast'ning home from the war ; Singing , " From Palestine hither I come , Ladye love , ladye love , welcome me home ! " She for the ...
Quaver. GAILY THE TROUBADOUR TOUCH'D HIS GUITAR . GAILY the Troubadour touch'd his guitar , As he was hast'ning home from the war ; Singing , " From Palestine hither I come , Ladye love , ladye love , welcome me home ! " She for the ...
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... TROUBADOUR . GLOWING with love , on fire for fame , A Troubadour who hated sorrow , Beneath his lady's window came , And thus he sang his last good morrow ; My arm it is my country's right , My heart is in my true - love's bower , Gaily ...
... TROUBADOUR . GLOWING with love , on fire for fame , A Troubadour who hated sorrow , Beneath his lady's window came , And thus he sang his last good morrow ; My arm it is my country's right , My heart is in my true - love's bower , Gaily ...
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... TROUBADOUR FROM DISTANT LAND . FROM distant climes , a Troubadour , I make in every court my stay ; ' Neath rustic porch and silken dome I tune my merry minstrel lay ; But most where love delights to dwell , ' Mid knights who sigh for ...
... TROUBADOUR FROM DISTANT LAND . FROM distant climes , a Troubadour , I make in every court my stay ; ' Neath rustic porch and silken dome I tune my merry minstrel lay ; But most where love delights to dwell , ' Mid knights who sigh for ...
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... Troubadour 354 Gaily still my moments roll . 28 Gaily the Troubadour touch'd his guitar . 42 Go lover false ! go man , unkind .. 90 Glowing with love , on fire for fame 115 God save our gracious Queen .. 124 Gentle Zitella whither away ...
... Troubadour 354 Gaily still my moments roll . 28 Gaily the Troubadour touch'd his guitar . 42 Go lover false ! go man , unkind .. 90 Glowing with love , on fire for fame 115 God save our gracious Queen .. 124 Gentle Zitella whither away ...
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Page 378 - On Linden, when the sun was low, All bloodless lay the untrodden snow ; And dark as winter was the flow Of Iser, rolling rapidly. But Linden saw another sight, When the drum beat at dead of night, Commanding fires of death to light The darkness of her scenery.
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