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Stories of Famous Songs
CHAPTER I SOME OLD SONGS AND SOME NEW
"WHERE ARE YOU GOING, MY PRETTY MAID?" "THE BRITISH GRENADIERS," " WHY ARE YOU WANDERING HERE, I PRAY," " DUMBLEDUM DERRY," " THOUGH LOST TO SIGHT TO MEMORY DEAR," " THE JOLLY MILLER," " SANDS O'^DEE," "MY LODGING IS ON THE COLD GROUND," " CHERRY RIPE," "IF DOUGHTY DEEDS," "DOWN AMONG T HE DEAD MEN," " BLACK EY'D SUSAN," " HOW STANDS THE GLASS AROUND," " D'YE KEN JOHN PEEL?" " TOM MOODY," " I'LL HANG MY HARP ON THE WILLOW TREE," " THE SONG OF THE SHIRT," " THE PAUPER'S DRIVE," " THE IVY GREEN," "THE LOST CHORD," " ONCEAGAIN," "THE VAGABOND," "SOME DAY"
LESS than ninety years ago, " Where are you going, my Pretty Maid?" was one of the most popular songs of the country and the town. It was sung everywhere—in the cottage, in the field, in the street, and in the drawing-room; and now one seldom comes across it even in
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