The times., 1901-06-02
Ballads of the Old World and the
New That Have Been Sung About
the Fireside, on the Stage. and in
Martial Camps i'm Many Chimes.


full songs Of sentiment, was Tom Moore
| Among his most famous sentimental
poems that still survive are, oft in the
Silly Night " 'Tis the Last Rose of
Summer" ''The Harp That Once Thro'
Tara's Halls Twas Ever Thus from
| Childhood's Hour" and Believe Me If
All These Endearing Young Charms"
| Tis the Last Rose of Summer retains
its popularity and has been embaImed in
F'lotows opera, Martha"
'Tis the last OF summer left blooming alone,
| All her lovely companions are faded and gone;
! No flower OF her kindred no rosebud is nigh
| To reflect back her bushes give sigh for sigh.
loft in the Silly Night" once very
popular, is seldom heard now. 1t recalls
perhaps, more vividiy the halcyon days
of yore, with the Smiles and Tears of
Boyhoods Years." than any other. save
the "Old Oaken Bucket That Hung in
the Well
Oft in the Silly night,
| Ere sumbeF's chain has bound me,
| Fond memory brings the light
| Of other days around me.
| The smiles. the tears. of boyhood's years
| The words OF love then spoken
| The eyes that shone, dimmed and gone
| The cheerful hearts broken.
Home, Sweet Home" did not need the
| tiuDdiIHluS given II Wnen II was made a
| theme in forgotten opera. 1t will defy
| oblivion and ever remain a monument to
| the memory of John Howard Payne:
! Mid pleasures and palaces though we may roam
BE il ever so humble there's place like home;
| charm from the skies seems to halow US there
! Which. seek thro the world, is not met with else
| where.
What a tender appeal is made to the
experience OF most of us by the line.
The last link is broken that binds me
to thee"
Thou Hast Wounded the Spirit that
Loved Thee. " Sweet Is the Vale Where
! the Mohawk Gently Glides," when You
and ] Were Young, Maggie" THE Years
! Flow Swiftly BY. Lorena," and II Cannot
| Sing the Old Songs" were among the
/ songs of sentiment of years ago. Flor
! ence Vane" is today, forgotten, yet Jenny
Lind sang it to enraptured thousands:
| have loved thee long and dearly, Florence vane.
| Ny youths bright dream and early has come
again,
/ renew in thy fond vision my hearts dear pain,
| My hopes and thy derision Florence Vane.
Robin Adair" is an old Scotch air pre-
served in the opera, La Dame Blanche"
Among the celebrated old Scotch songs,
most of which were written by the i'm
mortal Burns. are Highland Mary"
| Robin Adair,' within a Mile of Edin-
boro Town." Wed Better Bide a Vice."
and Coming Thro' the Rye"
If body meet body,
Coming thro the Rye,
Should body kiss a body
Need body cry?
Annie Laurie" is another famous old
Scotch song. the music of which was COM
posed by Lady John Scott Spottiswoode,
who died a little over a year ago, and
| > Ill IL
quisite than this:
Maxwelton braes are bonnie
Where early falls the dew,
And it's there that Annie Laurie
Gie'd me her promise true.
The melodies sung by the negro min
strels of the days gone by were full of
sentiment and beauty. In those days
rag time" and coon" songs were un-
known.
The songs of Stephen Foster Cborn in
Pittsburg, Pa, July f. 1861, were re-
garded worthy to be sung by the most
eminent vocalists, and are still sung by
is certainly a classic. Come Where My
Love Lies Dreaming" cannot be forgotten.
In music Foster was chiefly self-taught
and studied assduously At seven he
learned to play the fiageolet. In 1872 his
first published song, open Thy Lattice,
Love" was written. In 1856 he wrote
the Louisiana Belle" "Old Uncle Ned
and 20, Susanna"
These were followed by My Old Ken.
lucky Home. "Old Dog Tray .'Massa's
In the Cold, Cold Ground: . Gentle
Il Would Not Die in Spring Time "Old
Black joe" ELLEN Boyne" Ito the mel
ody of which the words of John Browns
Body" were afterward set), Nellie BY"
Come Again No More, Beautiful
Dreamer, and
Way down upon the swanee ribber,
Far, far away.
Dere's wha my heart is turning ebber,
Dere's wha de old folks stay.
Foster generally wrote both words and
music of his songs, of which over 100 Were
published. His simple. but not trivial
melody touched the heart and he occu-
pies a unique position among American
Dan Emmett was with negro minstrel
troop when the manager wanted song
for "walk-around. He called on EN-
NETT to get him up something for the
dance and without premeditation he COM
posed the ringing air of Dixie 1t was
afterwards adopted as the national air OF |
the Confederacy. Soon it became as pop |
uIar above Mason and Dixon's line as be- !
low il, and with the blowing up OF the |
battleship Maine it became national air |
All through the North and West 1t IS |
cbeered and encored to the echo whenever /
the bands and orchestras strike the thrill
ing tune.
Use Cwine Back TO DlNie was COul-
posed by c. A. White, of Boston, in 1874:
He also composed Marguerite one OF
the most popular American songs ever
published
Another popular Confederate air was
The Girl l left Behind Me-, by the Irish
novelist. Samuel Lover. 1t was as popu-
lar in the South during the war between
the States as THE Star Spangled Ban
ner'' was in the North Afterward. ap-
pealing as ii did TO Southern and North
ern soldiers alike. it was caught up by the
Federal bands and played with the great
est zest.
The hour was sad l left the maid,
g'ring farewell taking,
Her sighs and tears my steps delayed;
i thought her heart was breaking.
In hurried words her name l blessed;
breath'd the vows that bind me:
And to my heart in anguish pressed
The girl | left behind me.
James Bland, a negro. composed Garry
Me Back to Old Virginny," which has
displaced the old song, "Oh, Carry Ne
Back to Ole Virginny Shore" but the
latter still survives.
In the recent death of Verdi the song
world lost another benefactor. Home to
our Mountain and the "Miserere," will
ever come to memory. The old duet,
Hear Me. Norma" from Bellini was Just
as popular as the airs from 'Trovatore-"
swecter than the old Spanish song. Juan
ita and scarcely less beautiful are such
songs of sentiment as Douglas. Tender
and True" Then YouIl Remember Me-
Il Dreamed ! Dwelt in Marble Halls
Gypsy Maiden, Her Bright Smile
Ilaunts Me Still In Days of Old. When
X nights Were Bold When | Saw Sweet
Nellie Home" Give Me Cot in the Val
ley l Love-" when the Swallows Home
ward Fly II Shot an Arrow" "A Life
ha AtflH /