17 ME Trio (Simkons, Tailor and Butcher) with Chorus 1902 'Merrie England'

Dr. Pitt-Payne in London UK - 18 Apr 2003

[All:] Hey with a ho
with a hey oh,
hey nonny no
with a hey ho,
hey nonny no,
hey nonny no
hey nonny no
with a hey nonny no
hey nonny no,
hey nonny no hey ho!

[The Tailor:] The sun
in the heaven is high!
No clouds do bespeckle the sky!
And a man and a maid
do kiss in the shade,
and so shall my bottle and I,
And so shall my bottle and I,
[All:] With a hey and a ho!
With a hey nonny no
with a hey nonny no
with a hey nonny no.
[Tailor:] A fig for the weather say I.
[All:] In Summer or winter,
In Autumn or Spring,
What ever betide me
What ever they bring,
With my bottle beside me
I'm able to sing,
I'm able to sing,
My hey nonny nonny,
my hey nonny no
My bottle beside me
I'm able to sing
My hey nonny nonny
My hey nonny no.

[Simkins:] So clouds
they may come in the sky!
The rain it may fall by and by!
And the water may drench
the man and the wench,
a fig for cold water say I,
A fig for cold water say I,
[All:] With a hey and a ho!
With a hey nonny no
with a hey nonny no
with a hey nonny no.
[Simkins:] Whatever the weather I'm dry.
[All:] In Summer or winter,
In Autumn or Spring,
What ever betide me
What ever they bring,
With my bottle beside me
I'm able to sing,
I'm able to sing,
My hey nonny nonny,
my hey nonny no
My bottle beside me
I'm able to sing
My hey nonny nonny
My hey nonny no.

[The Butcher:] The snow it
may cover the ground!
The river with ice may be bound
but when maidens grow old
and love groweth cold,
and love groweth cold,
My bottle and I shall be found,
my bottle and I shall be found
[All:] With our hey and our ho!
However the seasons,
however the seasons,
however the seasons go round.
In Summer or winter,
In Autumn or Spring,
What ever betide me
What ever they bring,
With my bottle beside me
I'm able to sing,
I'm able to sing,
My hey nonny nonny,
my hey nonny no
My bottle beside me
I'm able to sing
My hey nonny nonny
My hey nonny no.

Soft karaoke
Words
str 25
str 50
str 110
fr hrn 60
brass 75
flute
drum
bassoon
clarinet
piano t clef
oboe
pizz str
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17 ME Trio 1902
Music by Sir Edward German
Lyrics by Capt Basil Hood
copyright MCMII by Chappell and Co.
sequence and karaoke by Dr. Pitt-Payne in London UK
on Thursday 18 April 2003 at 12.12
in association with Doug Grierson
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