Songs Every Child Should Know - online book
The Best Songs Of All Nations For Young People With Sheet Music & Lyrics.
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70 Songs That Every Child Should Know |
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Robin Adair
The music had its origin in the Irish song, Eileen Aroon,* which was written about 1450. The words were written to Robin Adair who was known to King George III. as " the Lucky Irishman." It was written in a fit of love-sickness, by Lady Keppel, and just before her marriage to Robin. Handel so loved the tune that he maintained he had rather have written it than to have written all his own compositions put together. |
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Rob - - - in A - - - dair.
* Ellen, the treasure of my heart. |
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