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*{{PostedDate|2019-11-10}} {{CPDLno|55868}} [http://www.notamos.co.uk/147509.shtml {{ | *{{PostedDate|2019-11-10}} {{CPDLno|55868}} [http://www.notamos.co.uk/147509.shtml {{net}}] | ||
{{Editor|Christopher Shaw|2019-11-10}}{{ScoreInfo|A4|1|32}}{{Copy|Personal}} | {{Editor|Christopher Shaw|2019-11-10}}{{ScoreInfo|A4|1|32}}{{Copy|Personal}} | ||
:'''Edition notes:''' Please click on the link for preview/playback/PDF download. | :'''Edition notes:''' Please click on the link for preview/playback/PDF download. | ||
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Let us take the road, | |||
Hark, I hear the sound of coaches, | |||
The hour of attack approaches, | |||
To your arms, brave boys, and load. | |||
See the ball I hold! | |||
Let chemists toil like asses, | |||
Our fire their fire surpasses | |||
And turns all our lead to gold. | |||
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[[Category:Sheet music]] | [[Category:Sheet music]] | ||
[[Category:Baroque music]] | [[Category:Baroque music]] | ||
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- (Posted 2019-11-10) CPDL #55868:
- Editor: Christopher Shaw (submitted 2019-11-10). Score information: A4, 1 page, 32 kB Copyright: Personal
- Edition notes: Please click on the link for preview/playback/PDF download.
General Information
Title: Let us take the road
Composer: Johann Christoph Pepusch
Lyricist: John Gaycreate page
Number of voices: 3vv Voicing: ATB
Genre: Secular, Glee
Language: English
Instruments: A cappella
First published: 1728
Description: An air from the Beggar's Opera, selected by Pepusch from Handel's "Rinaldo". This (near contemporary: 1755) arrangement as a glee is possibly also by Pepusch. John Gay's comparison of the occupations of highway robbery and alchemy.
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Original text and translations
English text
Let us take the road,
Hark, I hear the sound of coaches,
The hour of attack approaches,
To your arms, brave boys, and load.
See the ball I hold!
Let chemists toil like asses,
Our fire their fire surpasses
And turns all our lead to gold.