Legal & Other Lyrics By George Outram: Containing a number of new pieces & fifteen illustrations by Edward J. Sullivan |
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WHEN WINDS WHISTLED
SHRILL |
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WHEN WINDS WHISTLED SHRILL
When winds whistled shrill
Over mountain and hill,
And the sea-mew shriek'd in the skerry.
When the lightnings flash'd,
And the hoarse waves dash'd
And moan'd o'er the dreary ferry:
Though the thunder growl'd,
And the tempest howl'd,
And the rowan sobb'd in the rain.
Over mountain and hill,
And the sea-mew shriek'd in the skerry.
When the lightnings flash'd,
And the hoarse waves dash'd
And moan'd o'er the dreary ferry:
Though the thunder growl'd,
And the tempest howl'd,
And the rowan sobb'd in the rain.
“Oh! 'twas merry in the hall,
When the beards wagg'd all—
May we soon see the like again.”
When the beards wagg'd all—
May we soon see the like again.”
With the fire blazing high,
While the quick jest did fly,
And the punch-bowl smiled in its glory.
Who so happy then as we,
When we listen'd to the glee
Time about with the merry story!
Each, his arm round his lass,
And his hand on his glass,
Join'd the chorus with might and main—
While the quick jest did fly,
And the punch-bowl smiled in its glory.
Who so happy then as we,
When we listen'd to the glee
Time about with the merry story!
Each, his arm round his lass,
And his hand on his glass,
Join'd the chorus with might and main—
“Oh! 'twas merry in the hall,” &c.
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Our cares and our sorrow
Laid past till to-morrow,
The evening was all before us:
Though the walls began to rock
To the tempest's shock,
We join'd in the ready chorus:
For each took a pull
At the jolly punch-bowl,
And who could his joy restrain?
Laid past till to-morrow,
The evening was all before us:
Though the walls began to rock
To the tempest's shock,
We join'd in the ready chorus:
For each took a pull
At the jolly punch-bowl,
And who could his joy restrain?
“Oh! 'twas merry in the hall,” &c.
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