Folly’s song (Percy Eastman Fletcher)

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• (Posted 2023-10-16)  CPDL #76373:     

Editor: David Anderson (submitted 2023-10-16).   Score information: Letter, 8 pages, 644 kB   Copyright: Personal

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General Information

Title: Folly’s song
Composer: Percy Eastman Fletcher
Lyricist: John Keats
Number of voices: 4vv   Voicing: SATB
Genre: Secular, Partsong

Language: English
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1921 Novello and Co.
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Original text and translations

English text

When wedding fiddles are a-playing,
Huzza for folly O!
And when maidens go a-Maying,
Huzza for folly O!
When a milk-pail is upset,
Huzza for folly O!
And the clothes left in the wet,
Huzza for folly O!
When the barrel’s set abroach,
Huzza for folly O!
When Kate Eyebrow keeps a coach,
Huzza for folly O!
When the pig is over-roasted,
Huzza for folly O!
And the cheese is over-toasted,
Huzza for folly O!
When Sir Snap is with his lawyer,
Huzza for folly O!
And Miss Chap has kiss’d the sawyer,
Huzza for folly O!