Here’s to the maiden (William F. Sudds)

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• (Posted 2023-12-12)  CPDL #78135:     

Editor: David Anderson (submitted 2023-12-12).   Score information: Letter, 4 pages, 282 kB   Copyright: Personal

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Title: Here’s to the maiden
Composer: William F. Sudds
Lyricist: Richard Brinsley Butler Sheridan
Number of voices: 4vv   Voicing: SATB
Genre: Secular, Partsong

Language: English
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1882 W. F. Sudds
Description: 

Original text and translations

English text

Here’s to the maiden of bashful fifteen;
Here’s to the widow of fifty;
Here’s to the flaunting extravagant quean,

And here’s to the housewife that’s thrifty.
Let the toast pass,--
Drink to the lass,

I’ll warrant she’ll prove an excuse for the glass.
Here’s to the charmer whose dimples we prize;
Now to the maid who has none, sir:
Here’s to the girl with a pair of blue eyes,
And here’s to the nymph with but one, sir.

Here’s to the maid with a bosom of snow;
Now to her that’s as brown as a berry:
Here’s to the wife with her face full of woe,
And now to the damsel that’s merry.

For let ’em be clumsy, or let ’em be slim,
Young or ancient, I care not a feather;
So fill a pint bumper quite up to the brim,
And let us e’en toast them together.

“School for Scandal” (1777)