I gave her cakes and I gave her ale (Henry Purcell)
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- Editor: Laura Conrad (submitted 2002-08-12). Score information: Letter, 24 pages, 280 kB Copyright: GnuGPL
- Edition notes: From a collection of 25 Drinking songs
General Information
Title: I gave her cakes and I gave her ale
Composer: Henry Purcell
Number of voices: 3vv Voicing: TTB
Genre: Secular, Canon
Language: English
Instruments: A cappella
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Original text and translations
English text
I gave her cakes, and I gave her ale,
and I gave her sack and sherry,
kiss'd her once, and I kissed her twice,
And we were wondrous merry.
I gave her beads and bracelets fine,
And I gave her gold, down derry.
I thought she was afear'd, till she stroked my beard,
And we were wondrous merry.
Merry, my heart's merry,
my cock's merry,
my spright's merry,
merry, merry.