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The Welch Harper

Written & Dedicated to Miss E. Stewart, by Jas Sheridan Knowles. Composed by Theodore Smith
Knowles, James Sheridan (1784-1862)

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The following poem has been scored for music in the source text.

Over the sunny hills I stray

[Over the sunny hills I stray]

Over the sunny hills I stray
Tuning many a rustic lay,
And sometimes in the Shadowy vales,
I sing of Love and Battle tales,
Merrily thus I spend my life,
Tho' poor my breast is free from strife,
The blithe old Harper call'd am I,
In the welch vales 'mid mountains high.
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Sometimes before a Castle gate,
In Song a Battle I relate,
Or how a Lord in Shepherds guise,
Sought favour in a Virgins eyes,
With rich and poor a welcome guest,
No cares intrude upon my Breast,
The blithe old Harper calld am I,
In the welch vales 'mid mountains high.
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When Sol illumes the western sky,
And Evening Zephyrs softly sigh,
Oft times on Village green I play,
While round me dance the Rustic's gay.
And oft when veild by sable Night,
The wond'ring Shepherds I delight,
The blithe old Harper call'd am I,
In the welch vales 'mid mountains high.
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