O

A

SELECT COLLECTION

OF

ENGLISH SONGS,

WITH THEIR

ORIGINAL AIRS:

AND

A HISTORICAL ESSAY

ON THE

ORIGIN AND PROGRESS OF NATIONAL SONG,

BY THE LATE

JOSEPH RITSON, Esq.

IN THREE VOLUMES.

THE SECOND EDITION,

WITH

ADDITIONAL SONGS AND OCCASIONAL NOTES.

By THOMAS PARK, F. S. A.

VOL. III.

LONDON:

PRINTED FOR F. C. AND J. RIVINGTON; LONGMAN, HURST, REES,
ORME, AND BROWN; LACKINGTON, ALLEN, AND CO.; CADELL AND
DAVIES; C. LAW; S. BAGSTER; J. BOOKER; BLACK, PARRY, AND
CO.; J. M. RICHARDSON; J. BOOTH; R. PRIESTLEY; R. SCHOLEY;
CRADOCK AND JOY; R. BALDWIN; AND J. MAJOR.

Vol 1-3 € 1.15.

Thapieigh Fund.

20 July 1857.

ARD

HAL UNIVERSITY LIBRARY

8827 52-155

52-2

PART THE FIRST.

Love Songs.

CLASS I.

Song I.-Ah Chloris, could I now but sit.

Song II.-When first upon your tender cheek.

Miss Aikin.

No air to the first of these songs has been met with; and the other

is not supposed to have been set; or to have any tune.

Song III.-When first I saw thee graceful move.