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Call for the Reck'ning, and let us be gone, | |||
Such careless attendance sure never was known. | |||
Pray ring the Bell till the Drawers come up, | |||
Nay prithee pull on, tho' you break the Rope. | |||
Why sure they're asleep, a pox take 'em all. | |||
Oh now they come sneaking with "Gentlemen, d'ye call?" | |||
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- (Posted 2022-06-07) CPDL #69620:
- Editor: Raymond Nagem (submitted 2022-06-07). Score information: Letter, 1 page, 71 kB Copyright: Personal
- Edition notes:
General Information
Title: Call for the reckoning, Z 244
Composer: Henry Purcell
Lyricist:
Number of voices: 3vv Voicing: 3vv
Genre: Secular, Canon
Language: English
Instruments: A cappella
First published:
Description: One of Purcell's comic catches. From The Catch Club or Merry Companions (London: John Walsh, c. 1700).
External websites:
Original text and translations
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Call for the Reck'ning, and let us be gone, Such careless attendance sure never was known.
Pray ring the Bell till the Drawers come up, Nay prithee pull on, tho' you break the Rope.
Why sure they're asleep, a pox take 'em all. Oh now they come sneaking with "Gentlemen, d'ye call?"