The lass with the delicate air (John Ebenezer West)
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- Editor: David Anderson (submitted 2023-12-18). Score information: Letter, 8 pages, 596 kB Copyright: Personal
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Title: The lass with the delicate air
Composer: Michael Arne
Arranger: John Ebenezer West
Lyricist: Anonymous
Number of voices: 4vv Voicing: SATB
Genre: Secular, Partsong
Language: English
Instruments: A cappella
First published: 1918 Novello and Co.
Description: Melody by Michael Arne (1740–1786)
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Original text and translations
English text
Young Molly who lived at the foot of the hill,
Whose fame ev‘ry maiden with envy doth fill,
Of beauty is blest with so ample a share,
Men call her the lass with the delicate air.
One ev’ning last May, as I traversed the grove,
In thoughtless retirement not dreaming of love,
I chanced to espy the gay nymph, I declare,
And really she had a most delicate air.
That moment Young Cupid selected a dart,
And pierc’d without pity my innocent heart,
And from thence how to gain the dear maid was my care,
For a captive I fell to her delicate air.