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Flower of the Forest the New Way

Anne Hunter

“Flower of the Forest the New Way” as printed in Sons of the Tyne's Garland (1770).

Anne Hunter: Collected Lyrics Text 4 1770 · historical text
Public domainTyneside songHistorical song
Complete public-domain lyrics

This text comes from Sons of the Tyne's Garland, a historical songbook transcribed on Wikisource and reproduced from the pinned revision linked below.

Verse 1

Adieu ye Streams that smoothly glide,

In mazy Windings through the Plain:

I'll in some lonely Cave reside,

And ever mourn my faithful Swain.

Verse 2

Flower of the Forest was my Love,

Soft as the sighing Summer's Gale,

Gentle and constant as the Dove,

Blooming as Roses in the Vale.

Verse 3

Alas! my Love on Tweed did stray,

For me he search'd the Banks around;

But ah, the sad, the fatal Dayǃ

My Love the Pride of Swains, was drown'd.

Verse 4

Now drops the Willow o'er the Stream;

Pale walks the Ghost through yonder Grove;

Dire Fancy paints him in my Dream:

Awake, I pine with hopeless Love.

Credits

Written by Anne Hunter

Words by Anne Hunter. Historical text published in Sons of the Tyne's Garland (1770); public domain. No claim to a modern recording or arrangement.

Source & text edition

Sons of the Tyne's Garland (1770), “Flower of the Forest the New Way”

Every contribution in this 1770 garland predates modern copyright terms; any contributor died more than 230 years ago, so the text is in the public domain worldwide; the edition carries a Wikisource PD-old determination.

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