Smiles and Tears 1780

by James Pitt-Payne, London UK - 9Jun2018
2018

The weather, the land,
and all that dwell in it,
like our minds,
that are chequered by hopes and by fears,
In rapid succession change every minute,
a constant rotation of smiles and of tears,
a constant rotation of smiles and tears,
But the smiles and the tears,
the same motive revealing,
though opposite, similar passions excite;
the smiles and the tears,
the same motive revealing,
though opposite, similar passions excite;
one the offspring of bounty,
the other of feeling,
take different tracks to the road of delight,
one the offspring of bounty
the other of feeling
take different tracks to the road of delight.

When pants the parched earth,
as its wounds require healing,
for the shower to put forward
fresh blossoms and leaves,
Nature, parent to all,
with affectionate feeling,
benignly sheds tears
as its wants she relieves:
And when kindly refreshed,
as new beauties are springing,
and the sun in rich smiles
glads the gratified sight,
thankful birds on the glistening vedure are singing,
and the smiles and the tears expand equal delight.

And, so 'twixt friend and friend;
when a heartwounding sorrow
resolution o'ercomes,
and sinks deep in the mind,
from the tears of a friend
flatt'ring comfort we borrow,
for the motive's sincere,
and the action is kind;
now when friendship's warm efforts
o'ercome the vexation,
do our smiles, howe'er grateful,
more pleasure excite;
for they both have their source
in the same sweet sensation,
and convey to the mind
the same gen'rous delight.

Soft karaoke
Words
piano 1
piano 2
piano 3
piano 4
lyric
pizz str bass
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Smiles and Tears 1780
Music by Charles Dibdin
© circa 1780
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sequence & karaoke by James Pitt-Payne, London UK
on Saturday 9 June 2018 at 16.09
in association with Veda Meyer-Castens
Score thanks to Torquil Syme
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James Pitt-Payne