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In Praise of White Wine (John Reading)

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CPDL #3929:

Editor: Laura Conrad (submitted 2002-08-12). Score information: Copyright: GnuGPL

Edition notes: From a collection of Drinking songs

General Information

Title: In Praise of White Wine
Composer: John Reading

Number of voices: 3vv Voicing: TTB
Genre: Secular, Canons

Language: English
Instruments: a cappella
Published:

Description:

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Original text and translations

English text

Let crystal White Wine cheer the drowsy mind;
‘Tis Claret only leaves a stain behind;
In the use of which we do Bacchus disgrace;
We make the god mortal by painting his face;
He’s not like a god, whose image is red;
O’er night his cheeks blush, in the morning they’re dead.

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