The royal machine (J. Matthews)
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- Editor: Christopher Shaw (submitted 2014-11-01). Score information: A4, 2 pages, 33 kB Copyright: Personal
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General Information
Title: The Royal machine
Composer: J. Matthews
Lyricist: Anonymous, probably the composer
Number of voices: 3vv Voicings: SSS and TTT
Genre: Secular, Glee
Language: English
Instruments: A cappella
First published: 1800
Description: A new catch on sea bathing. J. Matthews. 1800. Publish'd for the author. J. Matthews music seller. No. 3, George Street, Bath. Enter'd at Stationers Hall. George III made sea bathing fashionable after having a bathing machine constructed in Weymouth in 1789, and spending annual holidays there throughout the 1790s. In the longer term, his enthusiasm presaged the rise of the seaside towns and the decline of the inland spas as popular resorts.
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Original text and translations
English text
To be in a rough sea, in the royal machine
That is stout-built and clean;
If a lady be in, how delightful the scene.