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No. 19: Song (Terence with Chorus)
Music by Arthur Sullivan
MIDI File [21KB, 2' 53"] | Terence. | |
| Oh, have you met a man in debt And almost out at elbows? Who all the while can show a style As grand as any swell beau's? Who loves a horse, and though, of course, He'll choose the best to ride on, Will hunt the fox on any crocks That he can get astride on! That he can get astride on! That he can get astride on! Whose life's a race at breakneck pace, With Care dropped well behind him, If you've not met that portrait yet, It's Ireland where you'll find him! | |
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| Whose life's a race at breakneck pace, With Care dropped well behind him, If you've not met that portrait yet, It's Ireland where you'll find him! | |
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| Who's not afraid of man or maid, And thinks fair play a jewel, Who'll kiss your wife, but give his life To miss you in the duel! Who borrows what he hasn't got To lend a poorer brother, And when he pays you, never says He used it for another! He used it for another! He used it for another! Who's always near a laugh or tear, Just as you may remind him, If you've not met that portrait yet, It's Ireland where you'll find him! | |
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| Who's always near a laugh or tear, Just as you may remind him, If you've not met that portrait yet, It's Ireland where you'll find him! | |
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| Who's learnt each vice, from drink to dice, That's known from here to Hanley, But all the time commits no crime That's called ungentlemanly! So we'll forgive the way you live, Though some may call it shady; You'd sooner die than tell a lie, Except to save a lady! Except to save a lady! Except to save a lady! True chip of block, old fighting stock Who never looked behind 'em! If you've not met good soldiers yet It's Ireland where you'll find 'em! | |
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| True chip of block, old fighting stock Who never looked behind 'em! If you've not met good soldiers yet It's Ireland where you'll find 'em! | |
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