Rail no more, ye learned asses (William Boyce)

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• CPDL #7407: Sibelius 4.
  

Editor: Robert Nottingham (added 2004-06-30).   Score information: A4, 4 pages, 67 kbytes   Copyright: CPDL

Edition notes: Score revised November 2005. Sibelius file zipped.

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Title: Rail no more, ye learned asses
Composer: William Boyce

Number of voices: 1v  Voicing: Bass solo
Genre: Aria
Language: English
Instruments: piano
Published:

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External websites: http://www.robertnottingham.com

Original text and translations

English text Rail no more, ye learned asses,
'Gainst the joys the bowl supplies,
Sound the depth and fill your glasses,
Wisdom in the bottom lies.
Fill them higher yet and higher,
Shallow draughts perplex the brain;
Sipping quenches all our fire,
Bumpers light it up again.

Draw the scene for wit and pleasure,
Enter Jollity and Joy,
We for thinking have no leisure,
Manly mirth is our employ.
Since in life there's nothing certain
We'll the present hour engage,
And when Death shall drop the curtain
With applause we'll leave the stage.