For all our men were very, very merry (Robert Lucas Pearsall)

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• (Posted 2015-04-18)  CPDL #35123: 

Editor: Christopher Shaw (submitted 2015-04-18).   Score information: A4, 4 pages, 47 kB   Copyright: Personal

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Title: For all our men were very, very merry
Composer: Robert Lucas Pearsall
Lyricist: Sir Walter Scott^{create page}

Number of voices: 3vv   Voicing: TTB
Genre: Secular, Glee

Language: English
Instruments: A cappella

First published:
Description: Pearsall's setting of a ditty appearing in "Redgauntlet".

Original text and translations

English text

For all our men were very, very merry,
And all our men were drinking;
There was two men of mine, three men of thine,
And three that belonged to old Sir Thomas o' Lyne.
As they went to the ferry, they were very, very merry,
And all our men were drinking.
Jack looked at the sun and cried "Fire! Fire! Fire!",
Tom stabled his kessel in Birkendale mire,
Jem started a calf and halloo'd for a stag,
Will mounted a gatepost instead of his nag:
For all our men were very, very merry,
And all our men were drinking.