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Strange But‘True
By I". II. MacArthur
In reading‘ over the songs that were sung by our English grand- fathers. it is interesting to note that many of them bordered on the obscene. Yet they lacked the coarseness and downright non- sensical stuff which in our day passes as “your favorite songs."
First in favor among the old ballads was “Cheve'Chase." and any one who his heard it rend- ered by a good male voice, must admit its popularity was not un- deserved. I recall having heard "Cheve Chase" sung by a man at a country dance at North River when I was about ll years old. "Margaret's ghost" was a runner up for tops in those days. This number tells us. in the long-wind- ed space of 17 verses. how the ghost of the deserted Margaret visited the faithiess William some- body in the dead of night, and bawled him out for his cruel treat- ment, and how William. the next morning eaten up by remorse,
flung himself on Margaret‘: grave:
“And thrice he garet's name,
And thrice he wept full sore;
Then laid his cheek to the cold grave.
And word spake never more."
It is in this ballad that we read
;'A‘nd clay cold was her_ lily-hand That held her sable shroud."
I have read and written a num- ber of ghostly tales myself but this is the only case I've run into where a ghost appeared in a sable shroud. Maybe I am for- getting. however. that in those days ghosts could and did appear in the most unexpected places. wearing all manner of dress from mist suits to sable shrouds.
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Then, as now. love songs form- ed the great theme of the poet's songs. and one is forced to the conclusion that, however unfor- tunate these bards may have been i.n other respects. they were es- pecially fond of possessing the best looking of the female sex to love and cherish. and further, that “handsomest young gels” were as numerous then as handsomest bab- ies are in this generation. What is there is the soft passion that allies it to poetry? Men who never penned a love ditty either before or after. have been guilty of put- ting into daggerel verse the charms of their first love. For- tunately. for the world in general. much of this stuff has gone up in smoke long ago. Still enough re- mains to prevent our complain- ing of any scarcity. How many pairs of lips have been compared to cherries. or sets of teeth to pearls. How many eyes have been bluer than the skies. and how many red heads have been turn- ed into golden trcsses by the magic touch of a lover‘s pen.
Onc lover who seems to have been deeply touched by cupid‘s dart tells us:
"Alas! when charming Sylvia’:
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gone,
I sigh and think myself undone;
But when the lovely nymph here
I'm pleased. yet grieved with hope and fear." V
A little further along in the song we read that alter dying with grief after she leaves him, he revives at her return, while, all in some space of time. he smiles, freezes, becomes breathless and burns, whatever, that means.
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Another love-smitten awain of those days sings: "Enchanted by your voice
face, In pleasing dreams I Ii
and fainting
c. I bleed fair nymph. I bleed. apace. And, oh! I languish! Oh! I die!"
And now, we come to a sugar coated pill handed to a certain Selinda by her boy friend:
"As near a fountain's flowery side The bright Selinda lay.
I-Ier looks increased the summer‘: pride.
Her eyes the Blaze of day.
The roses blush'd with deeper red, To see themselves outdone:
The lilies shrunk into their beds, To find -this fairer one."
One can't help wondering whe- ther these particular offerings to their affinities. if they had at- finities in those days. ceased soon after the wedding ceremonies were performed because many of those released afterward carry an en- tirely different tune and tone. Thus:
“Once in our lives, let us drink to our wives.
Tho‘ their members be but small:
Heaven take the best. and the
Devil the rest.
And so we shall be rid of them .11_..
Another guy after reminding the gods how thankful he was when they gave him a wife later‘be- moans his fate in these lines:
Thursday, April 29, 1954
“But if your providence divine For greater bliss design her.
ll‘ To obey your will at any time
I am ready to resign her."
Very few of these old ballads survive but several comic songs ofthat period have lived and are quite generally known and sung
today. "Sally in our Alley." “Ha_ppy Dicky." “With a whole family of Derry Downs." are
among these, not to forget that rollicking number. "Dolly Gray." Among the lyrics mentioned we might add the dialectic songs of Wales, Ireland. and Scotland. all of which seems to have played a role in pioneer days.
Welsh-English is almost always rib ticklors. As a specimen I give you a couple of verses of that famous song. "Of Noble Race Was Shlnkcn."
Of noble race was Shrinkcn.
Of the line of Owen Tudor.
But hur renown is fled and gone, Since cruel love pursu'd hur."
Here is what "hur" was before “cruel love pursu'd hurz"
"I-Iur was the prettiest fellow
At foot-ball or at cricket.
At hunting, chance, or prison- base,
Catapult how hur could kick it!"
It is almost needless, to say that one could go on and on praising or finding fault with the lyrics our grandfathers used to sing. It is not my purpose to do either, but to give readers of this column a chance to read a few of the old, old songs that have long since given up the ghost.
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