Hodge told Sue (Luffman Atterbury)

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Editor: Christopher Shaw (submitted 2007-08-31).   Score information: A4, 1 page   Copyright: Personal
Edition notes: Scorch and PDF options available.

General Information

Title: Hodge told Sue
Composer: Anonymous

Number of voices: 3vv Voicing: TTT
Genre: Secular, Partsong

Language: English
Instruments: a cappella
Published: c.1760

Description: Georgian smut. Perform with a staggered start, and hear the inner meaning disclose itself.

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Original text and translations

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Hodge told Sue he love her as his life
and if she’d be kind he would make her his wife,
which tickled her fancy and kindled love’s fire
but love had it’s way and he had his desire.
Then left in the lurch, again and again,
in grief told her tale but ‘twas in vain.