Here lieth John Croker (William Bates)
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- Editor: Christopher Shaw (submitted 2019-08-27). Score information: A4, 2 pages, 45 kB Copyright: Personal
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General Information
Title: Here lieth John Croker
Composer: William Bates
Lyricist: Anonymous
Number of voices: 3vv Voicing: ATB
Genre: Secular, Glee
Language: English
Instruments: A cappella
First published: 1775 in Warren's Collection of vocal harmony
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Original text and translations
English text
Here lieth John Croker, a maker of bellows,
His craft's master too, and king of good fellows;
Yet, when he came to the sad hour of death
Tho' he could make bellows, he could not make breath.