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|f_annotation='''SWEET | |f_annotation='''SWEET EVELINA.''' AKA - "Dear Evalina," "Sweet Evalina." American, Waltz and Song Tune (3/4 time). USA; Arkansas, Missouri, Oklahoma. D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). ABB. "Dear Evalina" was a song by an unknown author, first published in New York by E.A. Daggett in 1863. It was widely known, and told of love, poverty and separation which resonated in a time of national conflict. The title appears in a list of traditional Ozarks Mountains fiddle tunes compiled by musicologist/folklorist Vance Randolph, published in 1954. | ||
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''Way down in the meadow, where the lily first blows,''<br /> | ''Way down in the meadow, where the lily first blows,''<br /> | ||
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''Sweet Evelina, dear Evelina,''<br /> | ''Sweet Evelina, dear Evelina,''<br /> | ||
''My love for thee shall never, never die.'' | ''My love for thee shall never, never die.'' <br> | ||
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''She's fair as a rose, like a lamb she is meek,''<br> | |||
''And she never was known to put paint on her cheek;''<br> | |||
''In the most graceful curls hangs her raven-black hair,''<br> | |||
''And she never requires perfumery there.''<br> | |||
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''Evelina and I, one evening in June,''<br> | |||
''Took a walk all alone by the light of the moon;''<br> | |||
''The planets all shone, for the heavens were clear,''<br> | |||
''And I felt round the heart, oh, most mightily queer.''<br> | |||
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''Three years have gone by and I've not got a dollar,''<br> | |||
''Evelina still lives in the green grassy hollow.''<br> | |||
''Although I am fated to marry her never,''<br> | |||
''I'll love her, I'm sure, forever and ever.''<br> | |||
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|f_printed_sources=Ford ('''Traditional Music in America'''), 1940; p. 142 (additional lyrics on page 403). John Lair ('''100 WLS Barn Dance Favorites'''), 1935; p 27. | |f_printed_sources=Ford ('''Traditional Music in America'''), 1940; p. 142 (additional lyrics on page 403). John Lair ('''100 WLS Barn Dance Favorites'''), 1935; p 27. | ||
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SWEET EVELINA. AKA - "Dear Evalina," "Sweet Evalina." American, Waltz and Song Tune (3/4 time). USA; Arkansas, Missouri, Oklahoma. D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). ABB. "Dear Evalina" was a song by an unknown author, first published in New York by E.A. Daggett in 1863. It was widely known, and told of love, poverty and separation which resonated in a time of national conflict. The title appears in a list of traditional Ozarks Mountains fiddle tunes compiled by musicologist/folklorist Vance Randolph, published in 1954.
Way down in the meadow, where the lily first blows,
Where the wind from the mountain ne'er ruffles the rose;
Lived fond Evelina, the sweet little dove,
The pride of the valley, the girl that I love.
Cho:
Sweet Evelina, dear Evelina,
My love for thee shall never, never die.
She's fair as a rose, like a lamb she is meek,
And she never was known to put paint on her cheek;
In the most graceful curls hangs her raven-black hair,
And she never requires perfumery there.
Evelina and I, one evening in June,
Took a walk all alone by the light of the moon;
The planets all shone, for the heavens were clear,
And I felt round the heart, oh, most mightily queer.
Three years have gone by and I've not got a dollar,
Evelina still lives in the green grassy hollow.
Although I am fated to marry her never,
I'll love her, I'm sure, forever and ever.
