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Thread #105127 Message #2232749
Posted By: Joe Offer
10-Jan-08 - 02:16 AM
Thread Name: Online Songbook:Put's Golden Songster (J.A. Stone)
Subject: ADD: The Mountain Cottage (John A. Stone)
The Mountain Cottage [Air: The Maid of Monterey]
One pleasant summer evening, 'twas in the month of May, The flowers they were blooming, delightfully and gay. The pick and shovel silent lay, the day's work being o'er; A happy group assembled 'round the mountain cottage door. The pick and shovel silent lay, the day's work being o'er; A happy group assembled 'round the mountain cottage door.
2 A green old oak, with branches wide, hangs o'er the little ranch; The birds are skipping to and fro with joy from branch to branch; A lovely wife, in silver tones, is singing "roam no more," And all is joy and comfort 'round the mountain cottage door. A lovely wife, in silver tones, &c.
3 The old Sierras, fair to view, capped with eternal snow — The rich and pleasant valleys lay fresh and green below — A lovely child, with rosy cheeks, is playing on the floor, And all is joy and happiness 'round the mountain cottage door. A lovely child, with rosy cheeks, &c.
4 The summer's sun, when peeping through the lattice in the morn, Beholds a smiling countenance, the cottage to adorn; The towering pines' majestic forms defy the winds that roar; While gentle glides the brook beside the mountain cottage door. The towering pines' majestic forms, &c.
5 'Tis high up in the mountain, a lovely spot indeed; The window blinds are open; ye single men, take heed — No earthly joys can be compared, with heart arid heart in store; 'Tis wealth and happiness around a mountain cottage door. No earthly joys can be compared, &c.
Put's Golden Songster, pages 16-17 Tune and lyrics in Dwyer & Lingenfelter, The Songs of the Gold Rush, pp. 100-101
A New Machine - Pete, I hear say dat some Yankee down East hab invented a machine for taking de noise out ob thunder. Well, Bill, I guess it's so, case I habn't heard any dis winter.
[Tune notes by Artful Codger] "The Maid of Monterrey" was written by J.H. Hewitt, 1851. Sheet music can be found online in the Library of Congress American Memory collection (click).