Autumn

Hail, ye sighing sons of sorrow View with me the autumnal gloom. See all nature fading, dying silent all things seem to mourn Life from vegetation flying Brings to mind the mould’ring urn. Learn from thence your fate tomorrow, Dead perhaps laid in the tomb. See all nature fading, dying silent, all things seem to…

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Basket of Oysters

Carrie Grover Project · Carrie Grover – Basket Of Oysters Download sheet music (pdf) The Basket of Oysters As I was a-walking down Manchester Street, A pretty little oyster girl I chanced for to meet; And into her basket I nimbly did peep, To see if she had any oysters. “O Oysters, O Oysters, O…

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Banks of Sweet Dundee, The

‘Tis of a farmer’s daughter, most beautiful I’m told. Her parents died and left her ten thousand pounds in gold She lived with her uncle, the cause of all her woe Now listen here and you shall hear how she proved his overthrow. Her uncle had a plowboy that Mary loved right well, Down in…

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Calvary

Calvary We’ll follow our Lord to Calvary We’ll follow our Lord to Calvary. We’ll follow our Lord to Calvary And see him crucified. And see Him crucified And see Him crucified We’ll follow our Lord to Calvary And see Him crucified Mary stood weeping Mary stood weeping Mary stood weeping She knew not where He…

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The Bloody Miller

Come all young men and maidens, to you I will relate Come lend an ear and you shall hear Concerning my sad fate. My tender parents brought me up And provided for me well, And near the town of Oxford, they placed me in a mill ‘Twas there I espied a fair young maid, She…

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Johnnie Doyle

Carrie Grover Project · Carrie Grover – Johnnie Doyle (tape abruptly ends) Download sheet music (pdf)

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Consolation

Consolation Oh, Thou in whose refuge my soul takes delight Oh whom in affliction I call My comfort by day and my song in the night My hope, my salvation and all. Where dost Thou at noon-tide resort with thy sheep, To feed in the pastures of love! For why in the valley of death…

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Old Plaid Shawl

Old Plaid Shawl This song is one of only a few original compositions in the collection. It was penned by Margaret, one of Carrie’s older sisters, in reference to a black and white plaid shawl Carrie’s mother had knitted that hung on a hook beside the door. In cooler temperatures they would reach up and…

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Bold Sea Captain, The

As the Duke of Marchant’s daughter walked out one summer’s day She met a bold sea captain by chance upon her way He says, “My pretty fair maid, if itwas not for the law Then you and I in one bed would lie and you lie next to the wall. “Oh, hold your peace young…

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