Prithee fill me the glass (Benjamin Cooke)
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- 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 composercreate page
Number of voices: 4vv Voicing: SATB
Genre: Secular, Glee
Language: English
Instruments: A cappella
First published: 1781
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Original text and translations
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.