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Gypsy Sorcery and Fortune Telling
Hymns
1891 book on the ritualistic practices of the
Roma.

GYPSY SORCERY AND FORTUNE-TELLING

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Illustrated by numerous incantations, specimens of medical magic, anecdotes and tales

by
Charles Godfrey Leland
President of the Gipsy Lore Society, &c., &c.

Copiously illustrated by the author

New York
Charles Scribner's Sons
MDCCCXCI

is respectfully dedicated to my colleagues of the

Congrès des Traditions Populaires.

to the French members of that body,
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A progressive course of colloquial Chinese
Sea songs
APROGRESSIVE COURSEDESIGNED TO ASSIST THE STUDENT OFCOLLOQUIAL CHINESEAS SPOKEN IN THE CAPITAL AND THE METROPOLITAN DEPARTMENT,

PREPARED BYTHOMAS FRANCIS WADE,
Sometime
H.
B.
M.'s Minister in China,

ANDWALTER CAINE HILLIER,
Sometime Chinese Secretary to H.
B.
M.'s Legation, Peking.

SHANGHAI—HONGKONG—YOKOHAMA—SINGAPOREKELLY AND WALSH, LIMITED.

This work was published before January 1, 1931, and is in thepublic domainworldwide because the author died at least 100 years ago.

Public domai...
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A Ballad of Trees and the Master
Ballads
Intothe woods my Master went,
Clean forspent, forspent.
Into the woods my Master came,
Forspent with love and shame.
But the olives they were not blind to Him,
The little gray leaves were kind to Him:
The thorn-tree had a mind to Him
When into the woods He came.
Out of the woods my Master went,
And He was well content.
Out of the woods my Master came,
Content with death and shame.
When Death and Shame would woo Him last,
From under the trees they drew Him last:’Twas on a tree they slew Him—l...
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The Skye Boat Song
Sea songs
Chorus:
Speed bonnie boat like a bird on the wing,
Onward, the sailors cry.
Carry the lad that's born to be king
Over the sea to Skye.
Loud the winds howl, loud the waves roar,
Thunderclaps rend the air,
Baffled, our foes stand by the shore,
Follow they will not dare.
Chorus
Many's the lad fought on that day,
Well theclaymorecould wield,
When the night came, silently lay
Dead in Culloden's field.
Chorus
Though the waves leap, soft shall ye sleep,
Ocean's a royal bed.
Rock'd in the deep Flora wil...
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Twelve Years a Slave
Hymns
"Such dupes are men to custom, and so prone
To reverence what is ancient, and can plead
A course of long observance for its use,
That even servitude, the worst of ills,
Because delivered down from sire to son,
Is kept and guarded as a sacred thing.
But is it fit, or can it bear the shock
Of rational discussion, that a man
Compounded and made up, like other men,
Of elements tumultuous, in whom lust
And folly in as ample measure meet,
As in the bosom of the slave he rules,
Should be a despot absol...
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Violet: a Vaudeville in Four Scenes
Love songs
Dane.
Sunshine glows and warms my being,
Coming from your touch and glances;
Trembles every nerve with pleasure,
And jour lips my soul entrances.
Violet.
Hold me close and seal my eyelids
With your loving, warm caresses,
Let me, losing self completely,
Banish fear my heart oppresses.
Dane.
Hence, my queen, I’ll bear you with me
To some southern fairy isle,
Where, beneath the oleanders,
We’ll with love the days beguile.
And if e’er a wish you whisper,
On the moment I’ll command it,
Seekin...
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Excellent new song called the farmer's glory
Drinking songs
Comeall ye merry Plowmen,
Of courage ſtout and bold,
Who labours all the winter,
Through wind, rain, and cold,
To clothe our fields with plenty
And barn yards to renew
And crowns them with contentment,
That holds the painful plow.
Of all the occupations
And trade of every kind,
Through all manured nation,
There is not one I find,
More uſeful in their ſtation
You’ll find I ſpeak its true,
Nor is there one ſo ancient
As is the painful plow.
Hold plowman ſaid the gard’ner
Count not your t...
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Canadian Singers and Their Songs
Sea songs
The clouds roll over the pine trees,
Like waves that are charged with ire;
Golden and glory hued, their crests,
Ablaze with a gorgeous fire.
The sun has gone down in splendour,
The heavens are wild with flame,
And all the horizon is burning
With colours that have no name.
And over the mighty forests
The mystical hues are spread,
Calm as the smiles of the Angels,
Still as the peaceful dead.
And the lake, serene and thoughtful,
And the river, deep in dreams,
And the purple cliff in the distance,
A...
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Egyptian Girl Scouts Anthem
Spirituals
We are the lights of intelligence,
We are the good news of the times.
We are the scouts of the fatherland.
By knowledge and virtues,
By nobility of character,
We are the scouts of the fatherland.
By purity in deed and thought,
By sublime qualities.
By the forces we prepare
For the fatherland to be great.
We are the scouts of the fatherland.
By sacrificing ourselves
That the fatherland may live for ever,
Free and powerful,
Honored and firm.
We are the scouts of the fatherland."
The Trouble at Tres Pinos
Folk songs
Her name it was Cherokee Mary,
She was sweet as a Cherokee rose;
Though her manners were often contrary
She was light as an elf on her toes.
She could dance like a zephyr-blown thistle
She could smile like the witch that she was;
And when she got mad she could bristle
And cuss like a good one, because
Although she was cute as a fairy
The cutest gal ever I saw,
Yet noboddy wedded with Mary
For—she was a Cherokee squaw!
The Dead-Line
Folk songs
Old Bill was a pun-n-n-ncher
And you'll all agree-e-e-e
That a puncher's a man of low mental-i-tee-e-e.
Now Bill went a-ridin-n-n-n',
With a rope in his ha-a-and,
And by accident ropes one of his neighbor's brand.
Poor Bill was astonished
His error to fi-i-i-ind
And the cowboys all 'said, 'Old Bill's goin' blind.'So to save him from blindness-s-s,
They was kind—you'll agree-e-e-e,
They hung Old Bill up on a wha-a-ang-doo-o-dle tree-e-e.
When Mabel Goes A-Fishing
Work songs
WHEN tender June is in the land,
And wood and wold are ringing
With melody of Daphne's band,
And mating birds are singing;
When bush and tree of hill and glen
Their happy leaves are swishing
In time to Spring's sweet strains, why, then—Then Mabel goes a-fishing!
The fly is cast; (ah, he's a fool
Who'd flee from Beauty's wounding!)Above the silent, sun-flecked pool
The reel's shrill song is sounding;
And all the little fishes race
As fast as e'er they're able,
To kiss the ripple-mirrored face
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Ballad (Hood; "She's up and gone, the graceless girl")
Ballads
She's up and gone, the graceless girl,
And robb'd my failing years!
My blood before was thin and cold
But now 'tis turn'd to tears;—My shadow falls upon my grave,
So near the brink I stand,
She might have stay'd a little yet,
And led me by the hand!
Aye, call her on the barren moor,
And call her on the hill:'Tis nothing but the heron's cry,
And plover's answer shrill;
My child is flown on wilder wings
Than they have ever spread,
And I may even walk a waste
That widen'd when she fled.
Full many...
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The Ballad of Reading Gaol (1904)
Ballads
E did not wear his scarlet coat,
For blood and wine are red,
And blood and wine were on his hands
When they found him with the dead,
The poor dead woman whom he loved,
And murdered in her bed.
He walked amongst the Trial Men
In a suit of shabby gray;
A cricket cap was on his head,
And his step seemed light and gay;
But I never saw a man who looked
So wistfully at the day.
I never saw a man who looked
With such a wistful eye
The Flags of the World
Sea songs
Plate 1— Personal Flags—Mediæval Period
Plate 2— Mediæval Banners
Plate 3— Tudor Standards
Plate 4— Pennons
Plate 5— Royal Standards
Plate 6— Street decorations gone wrong
Plate 7— European, Company & Turkish Flags
Plate 8— Military Flags
Plate 9— British & Irish Flags
Plate 10— British Flags
Plate 11— Naval Flags
Plate 12— Shipping Flags
Plate 13— Empire Flags
Plate 14— United States Flags
Plate 15— Flags of the Americas
Plate 16— Flags of South America
Plate...
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School Mates
Work songs
Mem'ry strays, to other days,
When I was small,
A little maid, with hair in braid,
I now recall;
Proudly to the schoolhouse gate,
Just at eight, books and slate;
I would carry as I'd tarry,
With my little school mate.
School mates we,
You and me,
Since the day we "learnt" to say our "A. B. C."Lovenotes and glances, passed to and fro;
School mates, play mates,
Not so many years ago.
Years have flown, and we have grown,
Old school mate mine,
But still I hear, in fancy dear,
The clock strike nine;
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Here We Come A-Wassailing
Drinking songs
Here we come a-wassailing
Among the leaves so green
Here we come a-wand'rin
So fair to be seen.
CHORUSLove and joy come to you,
And to you your wassail too;
And God bless you and send you
A Happy New Year
And God send you a Happy New Year
Our wassail cup is made
Of the rosemary tree,
And so is our beer
Of the best barley:
CHORUSWe are not daily begga
That beg from door to door
But we are neighbours' children,
Whom you have seen before.
CHORUSGood master and good mistress,
While you're sitting by...
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Song of Hubbardton Raid
Sea songs
From their rural wigwams in Castleton,
The land of slates and quarries,
Quarries of green and purple slates,
Slates that never fade nor tarnish,
To celebrate the Hubbardton Raid,
Raid of citizens on Castleton Medical College,
Long ago in the early history of our town,
Fifty years ago. They have come to celebrate,
And to get onegood, square meal.
In this land of slates and quarries,
Quarries that furnished slates of various hues,
Was the seat of medical learning
Where the youthful Esculapians lea...
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With Hearts Truly Grateful
Hymns
1. With hearts truly grateful,
Come all ye faithful,
To Jesus, to Jesus in Bethlehem;
See Christ your Saviour,
Heaven's greatest favour.
Chorus:
Let's hasten to adore Him:
Let's hasten to adore Him:
Let's hasten to adore Him:
Our God and King.2. God to God equal Light of Light eternal;
Carried in Virgin's ever spotless womb.
He all preceded,
Begotten not created.
Chorus3. Angels now praise Him,
Loud their voices raising,
The heavenly mansions with joy now ring.
Praise, honor, glory,
To Him who i...
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The Confederate Soldier's wife
Patriotic songs
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