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Cherry Ripe
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Definition:an English song with words by poet Robert Herrick (1591–1674) and music by Charles Edward Horn (1786–1849) [...]An earlier poem by Thomas Campion (1567–1620) used the same title Cherry Ripe, and has other similarities. It is thought that the refrain originated as a trader's street cry.The song's title has been used in other contexts on a number of occasions since and its tune has also been appropriated for other uses. The song was popular in the 19th century and at the time of World War I.text from Wikipedia, licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike
painting: By John Everett Millais, 1879, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=2187264
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On the walls there is an expensive print of "Cherry Ripe," a few polite dogs by Landseer, and the "King of the Black Isles," by Maxfield Parrish.
F. Scott Fitzgerald. This Side of Paradise (1920)
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Fred having opened the piano, at his father’s desire, that Rosamond might give them some music, was parenthetically performing “Cherry Ripe!” with one hand. Able men who have passed their examinations will do these things sometimes, not less than the plucked Fred.George Eliot. Middlemarch
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