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'''OURSELVES, LIKE THE GREAT, TO SECURE A RETREAT.''' AKA and see "[[Cobbler There Was (A)]]," "[[Cobbler's End (The)]]." English, Air. The 17th century air is the vehicle for a duet, "Ourselves, like the great", sung by Lockit and Peachum and in Act III of John Gay's '''Beggar's Opera''' (1728). It was printed in Allan Ramsay's '''Tea-table Miscellany, vol. 2''' as Song XX in a section of "Twenty-one favourite Songs in the Beggar's Opera." 
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''Ourselves, like the great, to secure a retreat,''<br>
''When matters require it, must give up our gang;''<br>
''And good reason why,''<br>
''Or instead of the fry,''<br>
''Ev'n Peachum and I,''<br>
''Like poor petty rascals, might hang, hang;''<br>
''Like poor petty rescals, might hang.''<br>
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See note for "[[Annotation:Cobbler There Was (A)]]" for more on the tune.
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Hear Gay's song performed on youtube.com [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mGHPkM4Hkk4]<br>
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