Come, sirrah Jack, ho! (Thomas Weelkes)

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Title: Come, sirrah Jack, Ho!
Composer: Thomas Weelkes

Number of voices: 3vv   Voicings: SAB or TBB
Genre: Secular, Madrigal

Language: English
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1608 in Ayres or Phantasticke Spirits for Three Voices, no. 6
Description: 

Original text and translations

English text Come sirrah Jack ho, fill some Tobacco, bring a wire and some fire, haste away, quick I say, do not stay shun delay, for I drank none good today. I swear that this Tobacco it's perfect Trinidado by the very Mass never was better gear than is here by the rood, for the blood it is very good 'tis very good. Fill the pipe once more, my brains dance trenchmore1, it is heady I am giddy, My head and brains, back and reins2, joints and veins, from all pains it doth well purge and make clean. Then those that do condemn it, or such as not commend it, never were so wise to learn good Tobacco to discern Let them go, pluck a crow, and not know, as I do, the sweet of Trinidado. 1. A very energetic dance 2. Kidneys

Portuguese translation Vem, sr. Jack, ho! enche algum tabaco, traz um pavio e lume, Despacha-te, depressa, não te demores, pois hoje não fumei nada de bom. Juro que este tabaco é perfeito Trinidado pela própria Missa, nunca houve melhor estímulo que este aqui pela cruz, para o sangue é muito, muito bom. Enche o cachimbo uma vez mais, o meu cérebro dança, já estou tonto e zonzo, A minha cabeça e o meu cérebro, costas e rins, articulações e veias, de todas as dores o tabaco irá purificar e limpar. E aqueles que o condenam, ou mesmo que não o recomendam, nunca foram suficientemente inteligentes para aprender a distinguir bom tabaco Eles que vão depenar um corvo, sem saber, como eu, o doce sabor de Trinidado.