“A baby was sleeping, Its mother was weeping.”
Source: Songs and entertainment of Miss E.L. Williams, the Welsh nightingale ...
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Famous Samuel Lover Quotes
“For a ballad's a thing you expect to find lies in.”
Source: The Poetical Works of Samuel Lover
“Sure the shovel and tongs To each other belongs.”
Source: Songs and Ballads ... Fourth edition
Source: The Lyrics of Ireland. Edited and Annotated by S. Lover
“Where's the snow That fell the year that's fled--where's the snow?”
Source: The Lyrics of Ireland. Edited and Annotated by S. Lover
“There's luck in odd numbers.”
Source: The Life of Samuel Lover, R. H. A.: Artistic, Literary, and Musical, with Selections from His Unpublished Papers and Correspondence
“Come live in my heart, and pay no rent.”
Source: The Life of Samuel Lover, R. H. A.: Artistic, Literary, and Musical, with Selections from His Unpublished Papers and Correspondence
“Circumstances are the rulers of the weak; they are but the instruments of the wise.”
Source: Rory O'More. Revised
“Reproof on her lip, but a smile in her eye.”
Source: Songs and Ballads
Source: Handy Andy: A Tale of Irish Life
Source: The Collected Writings of Samuel Lover: Rory O'More, a national romance; with a biographical and critical introduction by James Jeffrey Roche
Source: Handy Andy: A Tale of Irish Life
Source: Handy Andy: A Tale of Irish Life
Source: Handy Andy: a tale of Irish life ... With eleven illustrations by John Proctor
“For dhrames always go by conthraries, my dear.”
Source: The Lyrics of Ireland. Edited and Annotated by S. Lover
Source: Handy Andy