Prithee fill me the glass (Benjamin Cooke)

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• (Posted 2021-02-19)  CPDL #63040: 

Editor: Christopher Shaw (submitted 2021-02-19).   Score information: A4, 2 pages, 177 kB   Copyright: Personal

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General Information

Title: Prithee fill me the glass
Composer: Benjamin Cooke
Lyricist: Anon, probably the composer^{create page}

Number of voices: 4vv   Voicing: SATB
Genre: Secular, Glee

Language: English
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1781
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English text

Prithee fill me the glass till it laugh in my face
With ale that is potent and mellow;
He that whines for a lass is an ignorant ass,
For a bumper has not its fellow.