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The Country Burial, t $
' The Moon is rifing, 'tis time to be going home,
ton fill np the Grave.
Let the Sex-
i. Let the Grave
remain uncover'd ; 'I'll take care of that;
for here I mean to tarry 'till the Morning. Neighbours, 1 thank
you all : Adieu. — I with you well to your feveral Homes.—
Good Nfgnt. .
Gaff. Gab. Stay here in the cold Church-yard all Night, with
thy dead Wife! -Why, you are diftra&ed, furely.
G. Gab. If he been't, that were enough to make him fo.
Tim. Nay, never go about to perfuade me, for here I will
| Bay, come Life, come Death. Therefore, Neighbours, all go
111 home, and leave me to my felf.
AIR XI. Hey ho ! who's above ?
Gaff. Gab.
G. Bufy.
Gaff. Gab.
G. Bufy.
Tim.
Gaff. Gab.
G. Bufy.
Tim.
Hey ho ! the Man is mad !
Troth, if he is not, he's as bad.
That? It dye, e 're Morning, too I fear.
Leave off thy Fooling, and don't flay here.
No, no.
Why, why 7 .
I'd rather flay here with my Dolly, and dye.
G Bufy. This is the ftrangeft Vagary, to pretend to (lay here
with his Wife, when (he's dead; when there are fo few Men
who care for their Wives Company, while they are alive !
Tim. My Refolution may feem firanger than it is; I will
therefore tell you the Reafon of it. Some time ago, my Wife
w^« verv fick (that cur fed Geneva often made her lo) then I
was very fick (that _
fell lick with Grief; but (he foon recovering, I recover d
too On this Occaiion, (he told me, if I dy'd firft, that ffie
fhouM break her Heart. Yet, (he is dezd, and I, k
and ungrateful Wretch, am here alive to fpeak it.
hard-hearted
G.Bt
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Silvia; or, the country burial
DescriptionAn opera. As it is performed at the Theatre-Royal in Lincoln's-Inn Fields. With the musick prefix'd to each song.
ShelfmarkGlen.149(2)
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Composite volume
DescriptionContaining The works of Mrs Davys: consisting of, plays, novels, poems, and familiar letters, and Silvia; or, the country burial. An opera, and The jovial crew. A comic-opera, and The cobler's opera
ShelfmarkGlen.149(1-4)
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Glen Collection of printed music
DescriptionScottish songs and music of the 18th and early 19th centuries, including music for the Highland bagpipe. These are selected items from the collection of John Glen (1833 to 1904). Also includes a few manuscripts, some treatises, and other books on the subject.
Special collections of printed music
DescriptionThe Glen Collection and the Inglis Collection represent mainly 18th and 19th century Scottish music, including Scottish songs. The collections of Berlioz and Verdi collected by bibliographer Cecil Hopkinson contain contemporary and later editions of the works of the two composers Berlioz and Verdi.