Give A Fee - 1834

Dr. Pitt-Payne in London UK - 06 Sept 2001

O listen, of Scotch and of Civil Law
Doctors all, Solicitors, Agents,
Accountants to me;
O listen, of strifes
and of lawsuit concoctors all,
and give to a poor starving lawyer a fee.

Give a fee,
Give a fee,
[spoken] Give a fee!
O give to a poor starving lawyer a fee.

The soldier and sailor
they dash on and splash on,
and, sure of their pay,
scour the land and the sea;
but we peak and pine here,
and long, long years pass on,
before our eyes blink
at our first guinea fee.

Give a fee,
Give a fee,
[spoken] Give a fee!
O give to a poor starving lawyer a fee.

The Church is an Eden
of violets and roses,
The Bishop its Adam,
from drudgery free;
the big burly priest
on his soft down reposes,
while we must still fag on,
and cry, 'Give a fee!'

Give a fee,
Give a fee,
[spoken] Give a fee!
O give to a poor starving lawyer a fee.

The quack he sells
wholesale his pills universal,
and straight waxes richer
than sagest M. D.;
But we still must con o'er
the same dull rehearsal,
and leave one or two
old stagers to pocket the fee.

Give a fee,
Give a fee,
[spoken] Give a fee!
O give to a poor starving lawyer a fee.

Here sit I, all frozen;
my youth's glowing visions
seesaw like a Chinese joss
or Turkish Cadi;
I seek for no learning
beyond the decisions,
and my soul's proud ideal
is a bright guinea fee.

Give a fee,
Give a fee,
[spoken] Give a fee!
O give to a poor starving lawyer a fee.

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Give A Fee - 19th Century

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Give A Fee - 19th Century
Air - 'Buy A Broom'
Words by John Stuart Blackie - 1834
sequenced for Piano by Dr. Pitt-Payne in London UK
on Thursday 06 Sept 2001 at 09.13
in association with Doug Grierson
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© James Pitt-Payne, London UK, 2001
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