Proverb song - Palmer, Horatio Richmond

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◈ Genre / Form Partsongs

♬ Voicing → SATB ¶ Language → English

Parts 4

Instruments A cappella

Pages 8

CPDL # 77588

Editor David Anderson

Posted 2023-11-27

License Personal

¶Lyrics / Text

As poor as a church-mouse, As thin as a rail; As fat as a porpoise, As rough as a gale; As brave as a lion, As spry as a cat; As bright as a sixpence, As weak as a rat; As proud as a peacock, As sly as a fox; As mad as a March hare, As strong as an ox; As fair as a lily, As empty as air; As rich as a Croesus, As cross as a bear. As pure as an angel, As neat as a pin; As smart as a steel-trap, As ugly as sin; As dead as a doornail, As white as a sheet; As flat as a pancake, As red as a beet; As round as an apple, As black as your hat; As brown as a berry, As blind as a bat; As mean as a miser, As full as a tick; As plump as a partridge, As sharp as a stick. As clean as a penny, As dark as a pall; As hard as a millstone, As bitter as gall; As fit as a fiddle, As clear as a bell; As dry as a herring, As deep as a well; As light as a feather, As hard as a rock; As stiff as a poker, As calm as a clock; As green as a gosling, As brisk as a bee; And now I will stop, Lest you weary of me.

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