German Drinking Song di Charles Mackay Strew roses on the way, And think no more of grief, Short is the passing day, Short-lived the summer leaf; Short is our mortal span
Light Is Love Without Esteem di Charles Mackay Light is love without esteem. Lighter than a feather, But ours has borne Contempt and scorn, And sorrow’s wintry weather!
The Green Bay Tree di Charles Mackay ‘Where is the place of their first ’Where, oh where, is that green ba ‘Under whose cover ’The maid and her lover ‘Plighted their troth and their co
The Lump of Gold di Charles Mackay ‘Where shall I hide myself?- Lost and undone!- A beggar—an outcast— Insulting the Sun! Oh! Yesterday vanished!
The Moonlight Dance di Charles Mackay Come, maidens come, to our merry d Youth and Beauty come together; Let young hearts meet In converse sweet, At twilight’s time, in the summer
Song to the Germans di Charles Mackay When your rights are destroyed, an When your kings and your princes t O! shall it be said that no vengea The land of the Oder, the Elbe, a O! shall it be said that the Germ
To the Winds di Charles Mackay Wind of the winter night, whence c And whither, oh whither, art wande Sad, sad is thy voice on this deso And mournful, oh mournful, thy how Say where hast thou been on thy cl
He Carved His Name Upon the Tree di Charles Mackay He carved his name upon the tree, Ere he hied him o’er the billow, A token of love and memory On that lone drooping willow; And bade me come at twilight dim,
Spring Song di Charles Mackay The merry Spring, the bright, bri What joys she shakes from her flow When the young bird sings from its How happy it sleeps on its loved o How sweet to roam at beauty’s side
War Song di Charles Mackay I saw a stain on the last year’s s Brothers! a stain of blood! But the cold hath past, and the wa And the trees are in the bud. The snow hath melted from dale and