‘If you'll come to the bower I've shaded for you.’ From ‘Will you Come to the Bower’
T. Moore
Will you come to the Bower I've shaded for you,
Our bed shall be roses, all spangled with dew.
Will you, will you, will you, will you come to the Bower?
Will you, will you, will you, will you come to the Bower?
A LIST OF SONGS AND INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC MENTIONED BY DICKENS
WITH HISTORICAL NOTES
The figures in brackets denote the chapter in the novel referred to
A Cobbler There Was (D. & S. 2)
A cobbler there was, and he lived in a stall,
Which serv'd him for parlour, for kitchen and hall,
No coin in his pocket, nor care in his pate,
No ambition had he, nor no duns at his gate,
Derry down, down, down, derry down.
The melody appeared in Beggar's Opera, 1728, and Fashionable Lady, 1730.
A Frog He Would (P.P. 32)
The theme of the ballad belongs to the late sixteenth century.