Biographical sketch of Millie Christine, the Carolina Twin : $b Surnamed the Two-headed Nightingale and the Eighth Wonder of the World — John Stuart Mill — John Shaqi
Biographical sketch of Millie Christine, the Carolina Twin : $b Surnamed the Two-headed Nightingale and the Eighth Wonder of the World
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Cheerfully, faithfully, mother would stay,
Always beside me, by night and by day;
If I should murmur, or wish to complain,
Her gentle voice would soon calm me again.
Sweetly a mother’s love shines like a star,
Brightest in darkness, when daylight’s afar;
In clouds or in sunshine, pleasure or pain,
Mother’s affection is ever the same.
CHORUS.--Gently her hand, &c.
“She has you on both sides; if you remove your head from one position,
you are immediately the victim of another pair of eyes, which fix you;
in fact, transfix you.”--_Liverpool Leader._
WATCHING THE DAYLIGHT FADE.
_Christine._ Where shall we wander at evening,
Seeking retirement’s shade,
On its seclusion reposing,
Watching the daylight fade?
_Millie._ Down by the brook we’ll wander alone,
Naught but the sky above,
There, while we hear the breezes moan,
We’ll sing the songs we love.
_Both._ There will we wander together,
Chasing our cares away,
Down by the banks of the river,
Cheerfully singing our lay.
_Millie._ Come we alone to seek delight,
_Both._ La, la, la; la, la, la; la, la, la; la, la, la, la;
Cheerfully watch the coming of night,
La, la, la; la, la, la; la, la, la; la, la, la, la;
Come we alone to seek delight, &c.
_Both._ See, the sun is slowly retiring,
Evening’s dark veil is spreading so fast;
See, the stars are faintly peeping,
Now the time of day is past.
See, the sun is slowly retiring, &c.
_Christine._ Here will we wander together,
Seeking retirement’s shade,
On its seclusion reposing,
Watching the daylight fade.
_Millie._ Here, by the brook, we’ll wander alone,
Naught but the sky above,
Here, while we hear the breezes moan,
We’ll sing the songs we love.
_Both._ Here will we wander together,
Chasing our cares away,
Down by the side of the river,
Joyfully singing our lay.
FROM OUR MERRY SWISS HOME.
DUET.
From our merry Swiss home we come, we come;
Our hearts are light and free;
With a smile we greet every eye we meet,
Two merry hearts are we.
The live-long day we chant our lay,
La, la, la; la, la, la; la, la, la; la, la, la, la;
Two merry hearts, two merry hearts,
Two merry hearts are we, are we,
Two merry hearts are we, are we,
Two merry hearts are we.
SOLO.