I Care Not For Spring

See p. [99].

I'd Crowns Resign, To Call Her Mine (D.C. 25)

‘Lass of Richmond Hill.’

Words by L. MacNally.

J. Hook.

I'd crowns resign, to call her mine,
Sweet lass of Richmond Hill.

For a long time there was a dispute between the partisans of Surrey and Yorkshire as to which ‘Richmond Hill’ was referred to. The former county was the favourite for a long time, till a communication in Notes and Queries (10th series iii. p. 290) pulverized its hopes and definitely placed the locality in Yorkshire.

If I Had a Donkey (O.C.S. 27)

See p. [95].