The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-05-25

musician pressed the precious paper
to his heart and happiness and joy lit
up his every feature. OF the possess
sion Of the bit of paper he was prouder
and gladder than had there been
brought to him gold and precious
stones galore. Every Irish lad and las
sic knows and sings Peggy in the Low
Backed Car" In the fatherland no
festivity is complete without its rem
dition. We have been permitted to see
the original manuscript copy given Mr..
Herbert. 1t is written on light blue
paper with black ink and in a hand pc
culiar to the Irish race. 1t Is in an ex-
cellent state of preservation. The
words Of the song are as follows, CIV
ing the words, punctuation and ar
rangement exactly as they appear on
the original:
When first / saw sweet Peggy,
Twas on a market day,
A low backed car she drove, and sat
Upon a truss of hay;
But when that hay was blooming grass,
And decked with flowers Of spring
No flower was there
That could compare ..s
To the blooming girl l sing;
AS she sat In her low backed car,
The man at the turnpike bar NH
Never asked for the toll,
But just rubbed his ould poll
And looked after the low backed car.
In battles wild commotion,
The proud and mighty Mars,
With hostile scythes, demands his tythes
OF death in warlike cars
But Peggys peaceful goddess
Has darts in her bright eye -
That knock men down, ~ 50
In the market town,
AS right and left they fly!
While she sits in her low-backed car
Than battle more dang rous far,
For the doctors art
Cannot cure the heart
That is hit from that low-backed car.
Sweet Peggy round her car, sir,
Has strings of ducks and gNse;
But the scores of hearts she slaughters
BY far outnumber these:
While she among her poultry sits
Just like turtle dove, .ll
Well worth the cage.
do engage
OF the blooming God of Love.
While she sits in her low-backed car,
The lovers come, near and far,
To envy the chicken
That Peggy Is pickin',
While she sits in her low-backed car.
I'd rather own that car, sir,
With Peggy by my side,
Than a coach and four with gold galore,
And lady for my bride:
For the lady would sit forninst me
On q cushion made with taste,
While Peggy would be beside me
With my arm around her waist.
As we drove In the lowbacked car
To be married by Father Maher,
Oh, my heart would beat high,
At her glance and her Sigh
Tho 1t beat in low-backed car.
It goes without saying that the con-
cert given by Gilmore's band at Laurel
Hill park this afternoon VIII be one OF
the musical events Of the year. The band
will give four concerts at the park while
in this city, two this afternoon and eve
ming and two sacred concerts tomorrow
The concert this afternoon will begin
at 4 o'clock. The programme rendered
will be as follows:
Oyerture-Rienzi ....................Wa Wagner
Badinage-(new) ............Victor Herbert
Hungarian Czardas.. s............. .Grossmann
Solo for Auto-harp-Fantasie.
"Annie Laurie" "................,.....G Gerry
Mr.. Adds ]. Gerry.
Solo for ioloncello-Serenade.. .Hertel
Mr.. Victor Herbert.
Hungarian Rhapsody, No. 2..,....... Liszt
Duo for Cornet and Trombone. ..... Clarke
Messrs. Herbert l.. and Ernest II.
Clarke. ,-..
Concert Valse. ......................,Lu ,Lumbye
Solo for Piccolo.. ...................De Carlo
Signor De Carlo.
March-22nd regiment. Gilmore
SATURDAY EVENINGS O'CLOCK.
Observation-Disclosures ............. Wagner
Spanish erenade-"Lolita". .Langey
Solo for Auto-harp-Minuet (new)
Scharwenka
Mr.. Adds J. Gerry.
with French Horn Quartette)
(a) Overture. (b) Song-"Ah! Cupid" (c)
March-His Highness.. From the new
comic opera, prince Ananias,'
Victor Herbert.
Cornet Solo. .........Mr. Herbert L. Clarke
Aria-Robert lie Diable. ......... Meyerbeer
Nine. Ida Klein,
Dance California. a............G. w. Gregory
Solo for Observation-Disclosures. -. .Servais
MI VICTOR Herbert.
Prize Song-"The Banner Of the Sea-"
from Scranton Truth,
Suite-"Peer Gynt," Two Movements.
Grieg
Jewel Song-Faust). ust).................G Gounod
Nine. Ida Klein.
Grand American Fantasie. Victor Herbert
The sacred concerts tomorrow will take
place at 8 and 8 p. m.
There will be benefit concert Tues
day evening, May 2S, at the Young
Mems Christian association hall, given
by the Young Mems Christian associa-
tion Concert company, which Is COM
posed of the following: Miss Grace
Rose, soprano; Miss Annie Rose, con-
tralto; Miss Jones, elocutionist; Mr..
Owens, baritone; Mr.. Jones, tenor;
Walter w. Kiple, violin; Will Allen,
violin; Will Stanton, cornet; Art Morris,
mandolin, Fred Oldrof, clarinet; and
Llewellyn Jones, pianist.
H \
At the exercises given by the South
Side Young .Women's Christian associa-
ton last evening q song composed by
Musical Director c.. B. Derman was
rendered. The music was written to
an original poem composed for the oc-
casion by one Of the members Of the
Young Women's. Christian association.