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Thread #62920   Message #1018552
Posted By: George Seto - af221@chebucto.ns.ca
14-Sep-03 - 08:17 AM
Thread Name: Tune Req: Trottin' to the Fair (Graves/Stanford)
Subject: Lyr Add: TROTTIN' TO THE FAIR (Graves/Stanford)
Even though the request doesn't ask for them, it was mentioned above.
From http://www.recmusic.org/lieder/g/graves/fair.html

Trottin' to the fair
Text by [1] Alfred Perceval Graves (1846-1931)
Set by [2] Sir Charles Villiers Stanford (1852-1924)

Trottin' to the fair . . .
Me and Moll Molony,
Seated, I declare,
On a single pony.
How am I to know that
Molly's safe behind
With our heads in, oh, that
Awkward way inclined? . . .
By her gentle breathin'
Whisper'd past my ear . . .
And her white arms wreathin'
Warm around me here . . .
 
Thus on Dobbin's back
I discoursed the darling
Till upon our track
Leapt a mongrel snarling.
"Ah," says Moll, "I'm frightened
That the pony'll start!"
And her pretty hands she tightened
Round my happy heart . . .
Till I axed her "May I
Steal a kiss or so?"
And my Molly's grey eye
Didn't answer no.