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Songs and Lyrics

By Joseph Skipsey. Collected and Revised

Skipsey, Joseph

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Songs and Lyrics.

Willy to Jinny.

The Lily of the Valley.

Mary of Crofton.

The Stars are Twinkling.

Away to the Well.

Kit never Went Down.

Tho' Master had Gold.

The Fatal Errand.

Her Weary Hand.

The Star and the Meteor.

Delightful Babe.

See, Essie Goes!

Ellerton Willy.

Polly and Harry.

The Dreaded Frown.

The Stained Lily.

The Violet and the Rose.

The Proud One's Doom.

The Magic Glass.

To a Startled Bird.

The Fair Rower.

The Outcast Flower.

With Loaded Dice.

The Lad of Bebside.

Lost at the Fair.

The Bridal Gift.

Love without Hope.

The Rose of the Roses.

The Lethal Dart.

The Time Hath Been.

The Fairies' Adieu.

Daffodil and Daisy.

Two Hazel Eyes.

My Shoulder You Pat!

What, to Nowhere?

The Seaton Terrace Lass.

The Golden Bowl.

The Wilted Leaf.

The Broken Spell.

Ah! canst thou forget?

Lo! Never a Man.

In the Wild Grove.

The Golden Bird.

On Bardon Hill.

Life and Death.

The Mysterious Rider.

All Night-Long.

The Wounded Bird.

The Collier Lad.

The Silent Bird.

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See, Essie Goes!

See, Essie goes !—and thou, proud rose,
Ah, where is now thy vain delight,
When round thee swung yon bee and sung
No beauty match'd thy beauty bright?

Adown the close—see, Essie goes;
And see, enchanted at the sight,
Around her swings yon bee and sings,
Her beauty mocks thy beauty bright!