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{{Pub|1|1775}} Warren's Collection of vocal harmony | {{Pub|1|1775}} Warren's Collection of vocal harmony | ||
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To drink or to sing | To drink or to sing | ||
Is a very fine thing | Is a very fine thing | ||
To enrapture the social soul; | To enrapture the social soul; | ||
But the wine must be good, | But the wine must be good, | ||
And the words understood, | And the words understood, | ||
Or a fig for the song or the bowl. | Or a fig for the song or the bowl. | ||
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- Editor: Christopher Shaw (submitted 2019-08-27). Score information: A4, 4 pages, 57 kB Copyright: Personal
- Edition notes: Please click on the link for preview/playback/PDF download.
General Information
Title: To drink or to sing is a very fine thing
Composer: Theodore Aylward
Lyricist: Anon, probably the composercreate page
Number of voices: 3vv Voicing: TTB
Genre: Secular, Glee
Language: English
Instruments: A cappella
First published: 1775
Warren's Collection of vocal harmony
Description:
External websites:
Original text and translations
English text
To drink or to sing
Is a very fine thing
To enrapture the social soul;
But the wine must be good,
And the words understood,
Or a fig for the song or the bowl.