Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1855-06-27
WILKINS AND HIS D1NAH.

| Wilkins AND HIS DIN a h.
The following ballad engrosses popular atten
ton in the theatres of the cities just now:
IT'S ofa rich merchant who in London did dwell
He had but one daughter, an unkommon nice
young gall;
Her name it was Dinah, scarce sixteen years old
With very, very large fortune in silver and
COLE.
Chorus sung honly by myself,
Singing To la tol la lall ri to la fol Ii loIl ri lol
Ii loII toll la ri lol fol la Ia Iol al IaIl la "a
AS Dinah vas yaIikin in the garden ono day,
this was the front garden,)
Hor papa, he came to her and thus he did say
"Go dress yourself, Dinah, in gorgeous array,
And take yourself husband both gallant and
gay ~
Chorus on behalf of the proposed mar
rage,
Singing toI la lol, sc.
"Oh papa, oh papa, I've not made up my mind.
And to marry just yet, why don't feel inclin-
ed ::
To you my large fortune I'll gladly give DER
II you'll let me live single year or two more"
Chorus on behalf of the dsobedient daughter,
Singing tol la loI, &c.
e Go, go, boIdest daughter, the parient replied;
&c II you won't consent to be this young mans
bride
I'll give your large fortune to the nearest of kin,
And you shan't reap the benefit of one single
PIN"
L,~l,a e q /.
Singing tO la IOI, &c.
AS Wilkins vas vaIikin in the garden around,
(this was the back garden,)
He spied his dear Dinah, lying dead on the
ground,
With cup of cold pison Iuytn down by her
side,
And biIIet-dux II stating twas by pison she
died.
Chorus on behalf of the working of the arsnic,
Singing tol la lol, &c.
He kissed her cold corpus 1, thousand times DER,
And called her his Dinah though she was no
more;
Then swallowed the bottle and sung short
stnvc,
And Wilkins and his Dinah lie both in ono
grave.
Chorus on behalf Of the hundertaker who
made the double coffin with the petition in
between for Wilkins and his Dinah,
Singing tol la Iol, &c.
Moral No. |.
Now all you young muidons, take warning by
her,
Never, not by no means, hey your guv'nur !;
And all yon young fellows, mind who clups eyes
Think of Wilkins and Dinah and the cup Of
cold pison.
Chorus to Moral No. l.
Singing tol la lol, &c.
EXTRA VERSES.
That night about twelve, near tall popular tree,
The ghost Of Dinah the stern parient did sec,
Arm in arm with her Wilkins, they both look
ing blue,
And sang, we wouldn't been pisoncd if it hadn't
been for You.
Chorus on bohaIr of the frightened ana weak
nerves of the parient,
Singing tol la IoI, &c.
Now the parent was struck with tho horror OF
home,
So he packed up his sportmanteau, the wide world
to roam;
But as lie was starting he WAS took with q shiv-
or,
Which shook him to pieces forever and ever.
Chorus on behalf of the gathering of the pa
rent together,
Singing tol la lol, G;e.
Moral No. ..
Now this is the moral, No. l is not reckoned,
This is the right moral, though it comes second
You may learn from my story, which is true eve
ry word
All this would not have happened if it had not
occurred.
Chorus to Moral No. 2, compressed in the
most powerful manner,
Singing tol la lol, &c.
Correspondence of the Baltimore Sun.
LETTER FROM SEBASTOPOL.
CAMP BEFORE SEBAsTopoL,)
CR1MEA. April 30th, 1855.
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