[Music]
When Adam was created,
He dwelt in Eden's shade,
As Moses has related,
Before a bride was made.
Ten thousand times ten thousand
Things wheeled all around,
Before a bride was formed,
Or yet a mate was found.
Another tune and additional stanzas of the text are given in this
collection under the title 'Wedlock (B)'. The song is attributed, in
the _Social Harp_, to Henry F. Chandler and is dated 1854. The tunes
of 'Johnny German', Sharp, ii., 256; 'I Rode My Little Horse',
Baring-Gould, _Songs of the West_, No. 101; 'The Auld House', _Lyric
Gems of Scotland_, 49; and 'Joe Bowers', are similar to the above air.
Another ballad in this collection using this tune in variant form is
'Little Family'. Stephen Foster's song 'Virginia Belle' leans
melodically on 'Wedlock (A)'. (See my article in _The Musical
Quarterly_, xxii., No. 2.)
No. 14
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