The Bride and Bridegroom (John Stafford Smith)

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• (Posted 2021-03-01)  CPDL #63243: 

Editor: Christopher Shaw (submitted 2021-03-01).   Score information: A4, 7 pages, 333 kB   Copyright: Personal

Edition notes: Please click on the link for preview/playback/PDF download. This edition comprises both a modern realisation, and a statement of the piece in its original specialised format.

General Information

Title: The Bride and Bridegroom
Composer: John Stafford Smith
Lyricist: Anon, probably the composer^{create page}

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

Language: English
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1782
Description: This is one of those catches that is ruder in performance than the slightly risqué lyrics might suggest.

Original text and translations

English text

The doctor slept, and by his side,
Close lay his wife, a new-made bride.
She wak'd him, and began to chat
Of this and that.
The doctor, dreaming of his vow,
Said "Shall I rise my dear, or how?"
"How first", said she, "and then rise after."
Oh, how she raised the doctor's laughter