Begone dull care! (Henry A. Lambeth)

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• (Posted 2023-11-08)  CPDL #77072:     

Editor: David Anderson (submitted 2023-11-08).   Score information: Letter, 4 pages, 284 kB   Copyright: Personal

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General Information

Title: Begone dull care!
Composer: Henry A. Lambeth
Lyricist: Anonymous
Number of voices: 4vv   Voicing: SATB
Genre: Secular, Partsong

Language: English
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1887 Paterson & Sons
Description: Old English Tune

Original text and translations

English text

Begone! dull care!
I pray thee begone from me;
Begone! dull care!
You and I shall never agree.
Long time hast thou been tarrying here
And fain thou would’st me kill.
But i’ faith, dull care,
Thou never shalt have thy will.

Too much care
Will make a young man turn grey,
And too much care
Will turn an old man to clay.
My wife will dance and I will sing,
So merrily pass the day,
For I hold it one of the wisest things
To drive dull care away.