See the bowl sparkles (Lord Mornington)

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• (Posted 2011-12-05)  CPDL #25102: 

Editor: Christopher Shaw (submitted 2011-12-05).   Score information: A4, 7 pages, 104 kB   Copyright: CC BY SA

Edition notes: This edition comprises a modern realisation, and a statement of the piece in its original specialized format. Please click on the link for preview/playback/PDF download.

General Information

Title: See the bowl sparkles
Composer: Lord Mornington
Lyricist: Probably the composer

Number of voices: 4vv   Voicing: TTTT
Genre: Secular, Glee

Language: English
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1774
Description: One of those catches that is more lubricious in performance than the anodyne lyrics might suggest. It was published in Warren's fourteenth collection, 1774.

Original text and translations

English text

See the bowl sparkles with wine;
You four sing our favourite glee.
Endless pleasures we press from the vine;
Dull spleen is the extract of tea.