THE OLD ARM CHAIR

(WITH MUSIC)

Reference Number:- Darby Number:- Godden Number:-
sb 2092  278c 712
 

Song "Old Arm Chair" by Eliza Cook, with words and music
Words:

The Old
Arm Chair

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

image of upright arm chair
in which there is a Holy Bible
resting on one arm

 
 
 
 
 
 

 I LOVE IT, I LOVE IT, AND WHO SHALL DARE

 TO CHIDE ME FOR LOVING THAT OLD ARM CHAIR,

 I'VE TREASURED IT LONG AS A HO-LY PRIZE,

 I'VE BE-DEW'D IT WITH TEARS, AND EM-BALM'D

 IT WITH SIGHS; TIS BOUND BY A THOU-SAND

 BANDS OF MY HEART: NOT A TIE WILL BREAK,

 NOT A LINK WILL START. WOULD YE LEARN

 THE SPELL: A MOTHER SAT THERE, AND A

 SA-CRED THING IS THAT OLD ARM CHAIR.

 
I SAT AND WATCHED HER MANY A DAY
WHEN HER EYE GREW DIM,
AND HER LOCKS WERE GREY:

AND I ALMOST WORSHIPP'D HER
WHEN SHE SMILED,

AND TURN'D FROM HER BIBLE
TO BLESS HER CHILD.

YEARS ROLL'D ON, BUT THE LAST ONE SPED,
MY IDOL WAS SHATTER'D
MY EARTH STAR FLED:

I LEAR'NT HOW MUCH THE HEART CAN BEAR,
WHEN I SAW HER DIE
IN THAT OLD ARM CHAIR.

                           ELIZA COOK.

 

Size of Silk:
28.0cm long by 5.7cm wide
Alternative back-ground colours:
 
Comments:
Signed: "T.STEVENS COVENTRY" on back at pointed end:

This bookmark also includes the diamond registration mark woven on the back at the pointed end.
Goddden records this design with music as the one registered on 4 May 1871 (No. 252190).

Stevens logo and diamond registration mark on the rear of this silk bookmark
Stevens logo and diamond registration mark on the
reverse pointed end of this bookmark
 
 
 
 
DAY:
4
   
BUNDLE:
1
 
YEAR:
A
{1871}
 
 
MONTH:
E
{May}
 
 
 
 
   

 



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