Henry Purcell

10 Catches
The Catch Club or Merry Companions.
A Collection of Favourite Catches for Three and Four Voices
Compos'd by Mr. Henry Purcell, Dr. Blow, and the most Eminent Authors.

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The Catch Club or Merry Companions.
A Collection of Favourite Catches for Three and Four Voices
Compos'd by Mr. Henry Purcell, Dr. Blow, and the most Eminent Authors.

Extraits de l' dition Walsh

(1st part 1730)

Tis women makes us love

The nut brown lass
When V and I together meet
Of all the instruments
He that drink is immortal
A health to honest Rudy Roger Hewett

(2nd part 1733)

Room, room, room ( The siege of Limerick )

Sweet Sir Walter
Five reasons we should drink
Let us drink to our wives

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Sir Wal - ter, en - joy - ing his Dam - sel one night, He ti - ckl'd and pleas'd her to so great a height,

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that she could not con - tain t'wards the end of the mat - ter, but in Rap-ture cry'd out, O sweet Sir Wal - ter,

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O sweet Sir Wal - ter, O sweet Sir Wal - ter, O sweet Sir, sweet Sir Wal - ter, O swit-ter swat-ter swit-ter swatter swit-ter swat-ter switterswat-terswitter swat- ter.

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He that drinks is Im - mor - tal, he that drinks is Im - mor - - - - tal, and can ne'er de - cay,

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For wine still sup - plys, for wine still sup - plys what Age wears a - way,

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how can he be Dust, how can he be Dust that mois - tens his Clay.

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all be true that I do think, There are Five Rea -sons, there are Five Rea - sons we should Drink:

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Or a - ny o - ther Rea - son, or a - ny o - ther Rea - son; Or a - ny o - ther Rea - son why, a - ny Rea - son why.
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Here's a health, a health, Pray let it pays a - bout, A health that ne'er shall cease Till all our Wine is out.

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There-fore drink a - way, And ne - ver let it stand, But ply it close - ly round From hand to hand. And

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ea - ger - ly, and brave - ly, With cou- rage thus per - sue it, For tis a health, a health, To ho - nest Rud - dy Ro - ger Hew - ett.

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Of all all the Ins - tru-ments, all all all the Ins - tru-ments that are, none none none none none none none none none none none with the Vi -ol can com - pare.

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Room, room, room, room, room for th'ex - press, At length here it comes; Lim - rick's our own, Lim -rick's our own, be it known, be it known to all Grums.

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Hark! hark! hark! The Guns of the to -wer ring, ring it in peals, we'll drink round the Bon-fires, we'lldrink round the Bon-fires. Huz - za, Huz - za to the Bells, To our

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con-que-ring Ar-my loud Prai-ses, loud Prai -ses let's sing, and now Mon-sieur Frenchman,and nowMonsieurFrench man have at you, have at you next Spring.

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When V and I to - ge - ther meet, We make up 6 in House or Street,

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Yet I and V may meet once more And then we 2 can make but 4,

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But when that V from I am gone, A - las poor I can make but one.

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Tis wo - men makes us love,

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'tis Love that makes us sad,

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'tis sad - ness makes us drink

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and drin - king makes us mad.

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A Health, a Health to the Nut brown Lass with the Ha - zle Eyes She that has good Eyes has al - so good Thighs, let it pays, let it pays

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As much to the live - li-er Gray they're as good by night as day She that has good Eyes has al - so good Thighs, drink a - way, drink a - way

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I'll pledge Sir, i'll pledge what ho some wine here some wine to mine And to thine, to thine and to mine the Co - lours are Di - vine.

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But Oh the black Eyes, theblack give me as muchagain and let it be Sack She that has good Eyes has al - so good Thighs and a bet - ter knack.

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Once in our lives, let us drink to our Wives, tho' their num - bers be but small;

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Heav'n take the best, and the De - vil take the rest, and so we shall get rid of them all; To

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this hear-ty wish, let each Man take his dish, and drink, drink, till he fall.

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