LE FOLLET
Anaïs Toudouze
LE FOLLET
Boulevart St. Martin, 61
Toilettes de Longchamps,
Chapeaux de Mme. Baudry, r. Richelieu, 87—Plumes et fleurs Chagot ainé, r. Richelieu, 81,
Robes de Camille—Dentelles de Violard, r. Choiseul 2bis.
Graham’s Magazine.
YES, LET ME LIKE A SOLDIER FALL
AS SUNG, IN THE OPERA OF “MARITANA,”
BY MR. FRAZER.
MY FATHER HE WAS NOT A KING.
WRITTEN AND ADAPTED TO THE FOLLOWING AIR,
BY E. R. JOHNSTON.
My father, he was not a king,
A soldier brave was he.
He fell responding to the call
That made his Country free.
Yes! let me like a Soldier fall,
Upon some open plain.
This breast expanding for the ball,
To blot out ev’ry stain.
No prouder title I would claim,
No prouder boast! ’tis well,
The blood that courses thro’ my veins
No brighter birth may tell,
The blood that courses thro’ my veins
No brighter birth may tell.
No brighter birth may tell.
Brave manly hearts confer my doom
That gentler ones may tell,
Howe’er forgot, unknown my tomb,
I like a Soldier fell.
Howe’er forgot, unknown my tomb,
I like a Soldier fell,
I like a Soldier fell!
1
My mother she was not a queen!
Nor titles graced her brow;
But hers a free and noble heart,
In heaven rests ere now.
And I in Freedom’s mould am cast,
No prouder boast! ’tis well,
The blood that courses thro’ my veins
No brighter birth may tell.
2
I only ask of that proud race
Which ends its blaze in me,
To die the last and not disgrace
Its ancient chivalry.
Tho’ o’er my clay no banner wave,
Nor trumpet requiem swell,
Enough, they murmur o’er my grave,
He like a Soldier fell.
3
There is a land where Freedom dwells
A land where all are blest,
A land that holds the glorious tombs
Of heroes now at rest;
That land I love, it is my home,
Of it I boast, ’tis well!
The blood that courses thro’ my veins
No brighter birth may tell.
Archaic spellings and hyphenation have been retained as well as some spellings peculiar to Graham’s. Punctuation has been corrected without note. Other errors have been corrected as noted below. For illustrations, some caption text may be missing or incomplete due to condition of the originals used for preparation of the eBook.
page 75, In the mornining ==> In the [morning]
page 76, derelection of Hubert ==> [dereliction] of Hubert
page 77, up the close-pins, ==> up the [clothes-pins],
page 77, over the close-fold, ==> over the [clothes-fold],
page 78, its apprisal, and then ==> its [appraisal], and then
page 85, persistance in whatever ==> [persistence] in whatever
page 87, ere I had had heard ==> ere I [had] heard
page 91, with an unfaultering and ==> with an [unfaltering] and
page 93, sprained ancle. Gentle ==> sprained [ankle]. Gentle
page 93, world was you doing ==> world [were] you doing
page 93, the bed of Dalhias ==> the bed of [Dahlias]
page 93, Your beautiful Dalhias ==> Your beautiful [Dahlias]
page 95, the battle of Corrunna ==> the battle of [Corunna,]
page 96, harrass that honorable ==> [harass] that honorable
page 107, was brought fourth wounded, ==> was brought [forth] wounded,
page 107, some characteristic attententions ==> some characteristic [attentions]
page 109, the day thus began in ==> the day thus [begun] in
page 118, played, eat together, ==> played, [ate] together,
page 122, I poured over ==> I [pored] over
page 122, a strange, quiet enthuasm, ==> a strange, quiet [enthusiasm],
page 126, beak was too inches ==> beak was [two] inches
page 127, common in Peru and Chili ==> common in Peru and [Chile]
page 131, betray the ininfluence ==> betray the [influence]
page 132, By William Gammel ==> By William [Gammell]
music page 2, But her’s a free ==> But [hers] a free