Part 1 — NOT FOR ME! NOT FOR ME!

A popular Air in the Opera of

CATHERINE GRAY,

AS SUNG BY MRS. WOOD.

THE MUSIC COMPOSED BY M. W. BALFE.

Geo. W. Hewitt & Co. No. 184 Chesnut Street, Philadelphia.

Not for me, not for me,

Regal halls and courtly life,

Oh! more

blest, my lot would be,

Far from ev’ry scene of strife,

From the world from all retiring,

Gladly would this heart remove,

One dear boon alone desiring

Still to be with thee I love:

Still to be with thee I love.

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Let me seek that tranquil home,

Once I knew in happier hours,

Free to wander, free to roam,

Thro’ my own lov’d peaceful bow’rs.

Not for me the world’s false pleasures,

Not for me where splendour moves,

More than these my bosom treasures,

More than these my heart now loves,

More than these my heart now loves.