A ditty on a high amour at St. James (Andreas Stenberg)

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• (Posted 2014-05-29)  CPDL #32133:         

Editor: Andreas Stenberg (submitted 2014-05-29).   Score information: A4, 3 pages, 369 kB   Copyright: Personal

Edition notes: This work is free for non commercial use. Please inform me (as a courtesy) if you are going to perform this setting. The LilyPond source file is included only to make production of rehersal midis possible. Tampering with score in any other way or re-arrangement only on explicit permission from the composer.

General Information

Title: A Ditty on a high amour at St. James
First Line: Great lord frog to lady mouse
Composer: Anonymous
Arranger: Andreas Stenberg
Lyricist:

Number of voices: 4vv   Voicing: SSAA
Genre: Secular, Partsong

Language: English
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1719 in Pills to Purge Melancholy, Volume 1, p. 14
    2nd published: 2014
Description: Melody and Text from: Pills to purge Melancholy vol. 1. 1719. The version of 1719 is in G, and starts 67U123(2)35-5D5556765.

Original text and translations

English text

A Ditty on a high amour at St. James's
Set to a comical tune.

Great Lord Frog to Lady Mouse 1  Croakledom hee Croakledom ho; Dwelling near Saint James' House, Cocky mi Chari she; Rode to make his Court one day, In the merry Month of May, When the Sun Shon bright and gay, Twiddle come Tweedle twee. Lord Frog: 2  Sing I can’t, my Voice is low Croakledom hee Croakledom ho; But for Dancing dare Santlow, Cocky mi Chari she: Than altho' my Bum be bare, All must own ’tis smooth and fair; I've no Scars of Venus there, Twiddle come Tweedle twee.-

Lady Mouse: 3  When we treat you at our Cheese, Croakledom hee Croakledom ho; All that naked part one sees, Cocky mi Chari me: Cover'd clofe we creep and crawl, When you swim or diving fall: Fy for shame, you shew us all, Twiddle come Tweedle twee. Lord Frog: 4  Since y' are on these lofty strains, Croakledom hee Croakledom ho; I'll get one shall value brains, Cocky mi Chari she; Lady Mouse: 4b  Now your Lordhship idle prates, Those that will have constant mates; Must have Tails as well as Pates, Twiddle come Tweedle twee.

(The original text has more stanzas.)