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REIGN OP QUEEN ANNE TO GEORGE II.
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was led to the scaffold in 1746. About the same period some words were written
to it, entitled " A song made on the Peace," a copy of which, hearing the prefix
of " Farewell, Manchester, " and printed with the music, is in the British
Museum (G. 307, p. 230). The song of Farewell, Manchester, is, in all pro-
bability, irrecoverably lost.
The tune has continued in public favour ever since. Felton's variations on it
were kept in print till within the last thirty or forty years, and the Song on the
Peace, " Fill, fill, fill the glass," was sung to the air, within the memory of
several of my musical friends, as arranged for three voices.
the words : —
The following are
" Fill, fill, fill the glass,
Briskly put it round ;
Joyful news at last
Let the trumpet sound.
Join, with lofty strains,
Lovely nymphs, jolly swains ;
Peace and plenty shall again
With wealth he crown'd.
Come, come, come, sweet peace,
Ever welcome found ;
Let all discord cease,
Harmony abound. Join with, &c.
The tune fs now well known by T. Haynes Bayly's song, " Give that wreath to
me," which Sir John Stevenson adapted to it about twenty-five years ago, and
which was arranged for three voices by the late T. Phillips. Charles Mackay
also wrote a song, " Through the summer night," which was published in TJie
Illustrated London Neivs, arranged to the air by Sir Henry Bishop.
Two versions of the tune were printed in National English Airs. It is here
coupled with the first stanza of Haynes Bayly's song.
Slowly, and with expression.
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