Away with Melancholy

DESCRIPTION: "Away with melancholy, Nor doleful changes ring, On life and human folly, But merrily let us sing." "For what's the use of sighing, When time is on the wing?" "Come on, ye rosy hours... We'll strew the way with flowers, And merrily, merrily sing."
AUTHOR: music: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (source: sheet music in the Levy collection)
EARLIEST DATE: 1871 (JohnMBurke-DublinCarmanSongster)
KEYWORDS: music flowers nonballad
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REFERENCES (1 citation):
JohnMBurke-DublinCarmanSongster, p. 26, "Away with Melancholy" (1 text)
Roud #13748
BROADSIDES:
NLScotland, Crawford.EB.3386, "Away with Melancholy" unknown, n.d.
File: JMBS026B

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