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JEPHTHA'S DAUGHTER.

Hebrew Melody.-The Poetry by Lord Byron; the Music by I. Nathan.

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And the voice of my mourning is o'er,
And the mountains behold me no more;
If the hand that I love lay me low,
There cannot be pain in the blow!

And of this, O, my father! be sure,
That the blood of thy child is as pure
As the blessing I beg ere it flow,

And the last thought that soothes me below.

thy vow,

Strike the bosom that's bar'd to thee now.

Though the virgins of Salem lament,

Be the judge of the hero unbent!

I have won the great battle for thee,
And my father and country are free.

When this blood of thy giving hath gush'd,
When the voice that thou lovest is hush'd,
Let my memory still be thy pride,
And forget not I smiled as I died!

UNCLE GABRIEL; OR, O COME ALONG, O SANDY BOY, Published in Davidson's Cheap Edition of the Songs of the Ethiopian Serenaders.

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All night I nebber sleep a wink

For tinking ob dis ghost,

So I wander'd out by moonlight,
And ran against a post:

I started werry much at dis,-
And den I hear a groan;
And, looking roun', I see dis gal
A standin' like a stone!

O! come along, &c.

And fust, she roll'd her eyes about,
And den she shook her head:
Gays she, 'Don't stand dere shiverin,
But go slick back to bed!

I'm Dinah Ginger, well you know,
(At least vot us'd to be,)
Till you made lub to Julia Crow,-
Now I'm a cherry-b-.'

O come along, &c.

'But eb'ry night, atwixt the hours
Ob twelve o'clock and vun,
I'll gib you one of my black looks,-
O yes, I will, by gum !'

And though I leab her to her fate,

She's faithful still to me;

And eb'ry night, when de moon am bright

Dat horrid sight I see!'

O! come along, &c.

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O! HAD I JUBAL'S LYRE.
Composed by Handel.

O had I Ju-bal's lyre, Or Mi-riam's tune-ful voice,

O had I Ju-bal's

lyre, Or Miriam's tune-ful voice, To sounds like his I would as-pire, To sounds like

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faintly show, How much to Heav'n and thee I owe, How much to Heav'n and thee I owe.

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near, That whis-pers a voice to re-mem-brance so dear! Those last words at

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Vivace.

THE BOLD DRAGOON.

There was

an ancient fair, O! she lov'd a nate young man, And she could not throw sly

looks at him, but on-ly thro' her fan; With her winks and blinks, this waddling minx, her quizzing ad lib.

glass, her leer and si-dle, O! she lov'd a bold dra-goon, with his long sword, sad-dle, bri-dle,

Whack row di dow dow, tal la la di ral di; Whack row di dow dow, tal de ral de ral de ral.

She had a rolling eye,-its fellow it had none;
Would you know the reason why? It was, because
she had but one.

With her winks and blinks, this waddling minx,
She couldn't keep her one eye idle,-
O! she leer'd at this dragoon, with his long sword,
saddle, bridle.

Now, he was tall and slim,-she, squab and short
was grown;

He look'd just like a mile in length,-she, just like
a mile-stone.

With her winks and blinks, this waddling minx,
Her quizzing glass, her leer and sidle,-
O she sigh'd to this dragoon, 'Bless your long
sword, saddle, bridle !'

Soon he led unto the church the beauteous Mrs. Flin,
Who a walnut could have crack'd 'tween her lovely
nose and chin;

O! then such winks! in marriage links
The four-foot bride from church did sidle,
As the wife of this dragoon, with his long sword,
saddle, bridle.

A twelvemonth scarce had pass'd, when he laid her
under ground;

Soon he threw the onion from his eyes and touch'd
ten thousand pounds;

For her winks and blinks her mone, chinks,
He does not let her cash lie idle;-
So long life to this dragoon, with his long sword,
saddle, bridle

THOUGH WINTER BLAST THE WEEPING YEAR.

Moderato.

The Poetry by Dr. Wolcot; the Music by Dr. Busby.

Though win-ter blast the weep - ing year, Let Cyn-thia's pre-sence

glad my soul; No

howling winds a-round I hear, Un heard the roar-ing

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