The country lassie and her lover (George J. Webb)

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• (Posted 2024-02-23)  CPDL #79249:     

Editor: David Anderson (submitted 2024-02-23).   Score information: Letter, 8 pages, 472 kB   Copyright: Personal

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Title: The country lassie and her lover
Composer: George J. Webb
Lyricist: Richard Coe^{create page}
Number of voices: 4vv   Voicing: SATB
Genre: Secular, Partsong

Language: English
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1850 Mason & Law
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Original text and translations

English text

“Tomorrow morn I’ll be sixteen
And Billy Grimes, the rover,
Has popped the question to me, Ma,
And wants to be my lover.

“He’ll be here in the morning, Ma,
He’s coming here quite early
To take a pleasant walk with me
Across yon fields of barley!”

“You must not go, my gentle dear,
There’s no use now a-talking,
You shall not go with Billy Grimes
Across yon fields a-walking.

To think of such presumption, too,
The dirty, ugly rover,
I wonder where your pride has gone
To think of such a lover!”

“Oh, Mama dear, I must confess
Though Billy isn’t clever,
A nicer beau could not be found
In this wide world all over.”

“Oh, daughter dear, I am surprised
At your infatuation.
To think of having Billy Grimes,
It would be ruination.”

“Oh, Mama dear, old Grimes is dead
And Billy is the only
Surviving heir of all that’s left,
About six thousand yearly!”

“Oh, daughter dear, I did not hear
Your last remarks quite clearly,
But Billy is a nice young man
And no doubt loves you dearly!”