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Thread #174666 Message #4235737
Posted By: cnd
12-Feb-26 - 08:45 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: Dear Kate
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Dear Kate
I found something close, The beauties of melody, by W.H. Plumstead, 1827, pp. 293-297 (similar verse bolded)
The Woodman A favorite song, composed by Mr. Lindley
Stay, traveler, tarry here tonight; The rain yet beats, the wind is loud, The moon has too withdrawn her light And has gone to sleep behind a cloud.
'Tis seven long miles across the moor And should you chance to go astray, You'll meet, I fear, no friendly door, Nor soul to tell the ready way.
Come, dearest Kate, our meal prepare This stranger shall partake our best, A cake and rasher be his fare With ale that makes the weary blest.
Approach the hearth there take a place, And till the hour of rest draws nigh, Of Robin Hood and Chevy Chase, * We'll sing, then, to our pallets hie.
(Vivace) Had I the means I'd use you well, 'Tis little I have got to boast; Yet should you of you this cottage tell, Say Hal the woodman, was your host Say Hal the woodman, was your host
* The Chevy Chase of agricultural Maryland (link) and not the actor