The second book of the Pleasant musical companion being a new collection of select catches, songs and glees : for two and three voices.

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The second book of the Pleasant musical companion being a new collection of select catches, songs and glees : for two and three voices.
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London :: Printed for John Playford ...,
1686.
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Subject terms
Glees, catches, rounds, etc.
Part-songs, English.
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"The second book of the Pleasant musical companion being a new collection of select catches, songs and glees : for two and three voices." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A70826.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 20, 2024.

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[BASSVS.]

[ 6] 〈♫〉〈♫〉 OLD Chiron thus preach'd to his Pupil Achilles, I'le tell you young Gentleman, what the Fate's 〈♫〉〈♫〉 will is: You my Boy, you my Boy, must go, must go, the Gods will have it so, to the Siege of Troy, thence 〈♫〉〈♫〉 never to return, thence never to return, never to return to Greece a— but before those 〈♫〉〈♫〉 gain,Walls to be slain, but before those Walls to be slain, before those Walls to be slain. Let not your noble courage 〈♫〉〈♫〉 be cast down, let not your noble courage be cast down, let not your noble courage be cast down, 〈♫〉〈♫〉 let not your noble courage be cast down, but all the while you lye before the Town, drink, all the while 〈♫〉〈♫〉 drink, all the while you lye before the Town, drink, and drive Care away, drink and be merry, you'l 〈♫〉〈♫〉 ne're go the sooner, the sooner, you'l ne're go the sooner to the Stygean Ferry.

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