Let us take the road - Pepusch, Johann Christoph

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"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."

⌛ Period → Baroque ◈ Genre / Form → Glees ♬ Voicing → ATB ¶ Language → English

Parts 3

Instruments A cappella

Pages 1

CPDL # 55868

Editor Christopher Shaw

Posted 2019-11-10

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¶Lyrics / 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.