Songs, duets, trios, choruses &c. &c. in Actors al fresco; or, The play in the pleasure grounds; (an occasional vaudeville,) first produced at the Royal Gardens, Vauxhall, 4th June, 1827. Written by W. T. Moncrieff |
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GRETNA GREEN.
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GRETNA GREEN.
BALLAD.—Orlando.
Young Beauty with Gallantry fain would have wed,
But Avarice, her guardian, said “nay;”
So to Cupid, who there a postillion's life led,
They applied just to shew them the way:
Said he, I a friend have, who lives in the north,
A blacksmith, 'tis Hymen I mean,
He'll unite you—I'll take you: in haste they set forth,
And with Love safely reach'd Gretna Green.
But Avarice, her guardian, said “nay;”
So to Cupid, who there a postillion's life led,
They applied just to shew them the way:
Said he, I a friend have, who lives in the north,
A blacksmith, 'tis Hymen I mean,
He'll unite you—I'll take you: in haste they set forth,
And with Love safely reach'd Gretna Green.
Forging conjugal yokes, there, soon Hymen they found,
Store of gold he, to link them, required;
They gave it, and fast in his fetters were bound,
When love drove them back and retir'd.
Left alone, they grew weary; to part then they sought,
Wondering what Love, by going, could mean.
But, ah! stead of gold, they found Hymen had wrought
Iron chains for them at Gretna Green.
Store of gold he, to link them, required;
They gave it, and fast in his fetters were bound,
When love drove them back and retir'd.
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Wondering what Love, by going, could mean.
But, ah! stead of gold, they found Hymen had wrought
Iron chains for them at Gretna Green.
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