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()90 ENGLISH SONG^ND BALLAD MUSIC.
The Buck's Delight for 1798. It is there stated to be as " sung this season at
Sadler's Wells ; " and has a third stanza, which it is not necessary to reprint.
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Too much care will make a young man turn grey,
And too much care will turn an old man to clay.
My wife shall dance and I will sing, so merrily pass the day,
For I hold it one of the wisest things to drive dull care away.
GEE HO, DOBBIN.
This song of Gee ho, Dobbin, was printed with the tune on broadsides, one of
which is in the Burney Collection, British Museum ; also in Apollo s Cabinet, or
The Muses'' Delight, ii. 232, 1757. This last-named Collection was printed in
Liverpool, by John Sadler, in Harrington Street.
Laugh and lag down is another name for the tune, and it derives it from a song
commencing — " While others attempt heavy minutes to kill,
With Ombre, with Commerce, Picquette, and Quadrille."
This was also printed on broadsides with the tune.