When Bibo thought fit (John Travers)
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- (Posted 2011-09-25) CPDL #24603:
- Editor: Christopher Shaw (submitted 2011-09-25). Score information: A4, 4 pages, 89 kB Copyright: Personal
- Edition notes: Please click on the link for preview/playback/PDF download.
General Information
Title: When Bibo thought fit
Composer: John Travers
Number of voices: 3vv Voicing: ATB
Genre: Secular, Partsong
Language: English
Instruments: A cappella
First published:
Description: One of Travers's popular two-part canzonets arranged by Joseph Corfe, a fellow Gentleman of the Chapel Royal of a later generation, for use in the glee club repertoire.
Original text and translations
English text
When Bibo thought fit from the world to retreat,
As full of champagne as an egg's full of meat,
He wak'd in the boat, and to Charon he said,
He would be row'd back for he was not yet dead:
"Trim the boat and sit quiet", stern Charon replied,
"You may have forgot you was drunk when you died".