Sometimes a happy rustic swain - Sale, John

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◈ Genre → Glees ♬ Voicing → SSB ¶ Language → English

Parts 3

Instruments A cappella

Pages 3

CPDL # 69197

Editor Christopher Shaw

Posted 2022-05-14

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¶Lyrics / Text

Sometimes a happy rustic swain, In cottage born, of humble stem, Acquires with little toil and pain, Thro' fortune's smiles, a diadem. While he that's blasted by her frown, To dire mischance is sure decreed; And tho' entitled to a crown, A field may till, a flock may feed.