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
English text
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.