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20 May 04 - 08:42 AM (#1189529) Subject: Lyr Req: gathering wild roses('it was early in..) From: GUEST |
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20 May 04 - 01:39 PM (#1189900) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: gathering wild roses('it was early in..) From: Amos Any further data about this? A |
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20 May 04 - 02:12 PM (#1189954) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: gathering wild roses('it was early in..) From: GUEST First verse goes: It was early in the spring when the birds began to sing That was the time that I tried to win the heart of a damsel fair Her cheeks were as red as the berries that grows Would you suppose each morning she rose Tripping along on her neat little toes Gath'ring wild flowers to sell-O then a chorus about 'gath'ring wild roses' |
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24 May 04 - 05:09 AM (#1192503) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: gathering wild roses('it was early in..) From: GUEST any more on this song that seems to have been popular in Edwardian days? origins?tune? |
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31 May 04 - 06:53 AM (#1197549) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: gathering wild roses('it was early in..) From: GUEST refresh |
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27 Apr 10 - 12:24 AM (#2895052) Subject: Lyr Add: IT WAS EARLY IN THE SPRING (from Beeforth From: Jim Dixon This comes from a Ph.D. thesis called "Vernacular Song From a North Yorkshire Hill Farm: Culture, Contexts and Comparisons" by David Hillery. The informant is Jack Beeforth, who says he learned the song before 1900. IT WAS EARLY IN THE SPRING 1. It was early in the spring when the birds began to sing. That was the time that I tried to win the heart of a damsel fair. Her cheeks were as red as the berries that grows. Would you suppose each morning she rose Tripping along on her neat little toes Gathering wild flowers to sell—o. CHORUS: Tripping along the green each morning she was seen With a basket on her arm filled with roses, And if you feel inclined to ask her where she's been, She'll tell you she's been gathering wild roses. 2. Now one morn as this maid passed by she heaved her eye and made a sigh, Then she asked me if I would buy a bunch of wild flowers. I gave her a penny she in a return Gave me a rose bound up in a fern. I looked up in her face and at once did discern That she was a charming young girl—o. 3. Now when Cupid pierced his dart through my heart I tried to start But soon I found it hard to part with such a charming girl. I looked in her face and at once did confess That I was in love and would like her address. She gave it to me. She could do nothing less, And that night I went to her house—o. 4. Now then her history to me did tell that her father in battle fell. To earn her living she had to sell those bunches of wild flowers. I told her I'd make her right happy for life If she would consent to be my little wife, And since that day we've known neither care nor strife Since I married that girl with the rose—o. |
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27 Apr 10 - 12:34 AM (#2895055) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: gathering wild roses('it was early in..) From: Max Only 6 years. Not bad. |
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27 Apr 10 - 02:19 AM (#2895077) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: gathering wild roses('it was early in From: Anglo But great research! Well done Jim. |