The lass with the delicate air (Michael Arne)

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• (Posted 2021-12-15)  CPDL #67129:         

Editor: James Gibb (submitted 2021-12-15).   Score information: A4, 3 pages, 115 kB   Copyright: CPDL

Edition notes: Faithful transcription of Charles Vincent's 1919 edition; an imaginative remoulding in early twentieth century taste.

General Information

Title: The lass with the delicate air
Composer: Michael Arne
Lyricist:
Number of voices: 1v   Voicings: S or T
Genre: Secular, Art song

Language: English
Instruments: Keyboard

First published: 1762 Universal Magazine
Description: 

Original text and translations

English text

1  Young Molly who lives at the foot of the hill,
Whose fame ev'ry maiden with pleasure doth fill,
Of beauty is blessed with so ample a share.
Men call her the lass with the delicate air.

2  One evening last May, as I traversed the grove
In thoughtless retirement, not dreaming of love,
I chanced to espy the sweet nymph I declare,
And really she had a most delicate air.

3  A thousand times o'er I've repeated my suit,
But still the tormentor affects to be mute.
Then tell me ye swains who have conquered the fair
How to win this dear lass with the delicate air.