Annotation:Swiftly from the mountain's brow

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X:1 T:Swiftly from the Mountain Brow M:2/4 L:1/8 R:Air N:Possibly composed by Edward Riley B:Edward Riley – “Riley’s Flute Melodies vol. 3” (1820, No. 5, p. 1) F: https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/ab7b93e0-f959-0139-46b9-0242ac110002#/?uuid=277ff190-2ae4-013a-5cb8-0242ac110003 Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:D dd {de}f z/e/|dd {fg}a2|gg fb|ee e/g/f/e/|dd {de}f z/e/|dd {fg}a2|bd ce| d/c/ d/e/ d/e/f/g/|.a/.d'/.c'/.b/ .a/.g/.f/.e/|.d/.d'/.c'/.b/ .a/.g/f/e/|.d/f'/4d'/4 .c'/e'/4c'/4 .d'/f'/4d'/4 .c'/e'/4c'/4|d'd' d'2||

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SWIFTLY FROM THE MOUNTAIN'S BROW. English, Air (2/4 time). D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). One part. "Swiftly from the mountain's brow" was composed by Samuel Webbe in 1788, with words by John Cunningham.

Swiftly from the mountain’s brow,
Shadows nurs’d by night retire;
And the peeping sunbeams now
Paint with gold the village spire.

Sweet, oh sweet the warbling throng,
On the white emblossom’d spray;
Nature’s universal song
Echoes to the rising day.

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