Seven English Popular Songs/Farewell

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FAREWELL.

In that cottage my father long dwelt,
 Till call'd the proud foe to repel,
With a heart that each keen passion felt.
 He bade his companions farewell;
While in distance he echo'd the sound,
 A sound I shall ever deplore,
   Farewell! Farewell!
Alas! I shall ne'er see him more.

Shouts of victory honour'd the day,
 When bravely in battle he fell,
Far, far from his village away,
 Where he bade his companions farewell,
   While in distance, &c.

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