a Cure for Melancoly
from: Songs Compleat, Pleasant and Divertive; ... VOL. V. 1719
arr. Andreas Stenberg
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1. Are you
grown so
2. First I would have a
Me lan cho ly,
Bag of Gold,
That you think on
nought but Fol ly;
That should ten Thou sand Pie
ces hold,
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1.
2.
Do you wish for to
For to cast a way at
1. are you made
2. In thy Hat,
Do you think,
Do
you wish
for to
For to spend,
Or
thy Whore:
For to
are you worse;
Want of Chink Is a Curse: Do you wish for to
Would I pour;
On thy Friend, Or thy Whore: For to cast a way at
Are you sad,
And all that,
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have,
shift
have,
Dice,
have,
shift
or a
Lon ger life,
Or to shift you of your
Lon ger life,
you
of
Lon ger life,
Or to shift you
Lon ger life,
you
of
Grave,
Lice,
or a
Grave,
your
Lice,
or a Grave,
of your
Lice,
or a
your
Do
On
1.
2.
have,
Dice,
Grave,
Lice,
you
thy
Thus
Thus
wish
Whore:
would I Cure
would I Cure
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For to
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3. Next I would have
sop I
p
a
soft Bed made,
where in
a Vir gin should be
laid;
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3. Next I would have a
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soft
That would Play,
That would Play,
should
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be
A
ny
A
ny
Tenor
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Way
Wine;
Wine;
de
gin
be
ny Way
Thus
bove, Thus
Drank Nec
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would I Cure ye.
tar
would I Cure ye.
tar in, I d fill with
Wine;
Drank Nec
tar
Id
fill
Till your cheek,
de
would I Cure ye.
Thus
Tou ll
Drank Nec
vine,
That
neath or a bove,
Di
vise;
That where as You should pause,
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A
Vir
Bass II
4. Next that same Bowl, where Jove
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Tou ll
where Jove Di vine,
a
Dove, Lye be neath or a bove,
4. Next that same Bowl, where Jove
Bass I
p
p
Lye
4. Next that same Bowl,
where
vise;
gin should be laid;
To your Thighs Lye be neath or a
Vir
Way Tou ll de vise; That would stick Like a Tick, To your
where a
Bed made,
laid; That would Play,
would stick
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soft
Thighs That would bill like a
made,
3. Next I would have a
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Bed
in, I d fill with
with
and to Ve nus,
Till your cheek,
You should quaff, Like a Greek,
To Ce res
To
8va ad lib.
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Thus
would I Cure ye.
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Bac chus
Thus
would I Cure ye.
nus, Thus
would I Cure ye.
6. But,
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Wo man can,
Nor Wine, nor
Songs, make mer ry
Wo man can, Nor
wo man
can
Wine, nor Songs,
but, (6.) But
and Si le
6. But if not Gold, nor
Let the Batt,
if not Gold, nor
And the Owl;
make mer ry then; Let the Batt,
An the Owl;
Be thy mate,
Let a
Wo man can,
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In thy Brain, Make thee Howl; Let the Pox
In
Pain,
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23 thy Brain,
Howl;
Howl;
plague work thy end;
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Thus
Let the
Let the Pox
rit.
Aah!
pp pp Pox
be thy Friend
be thy Friend
pp Let the Pox
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I would cure Ye.
be thy Friend,
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And the
be thy Friend, the
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