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'''BY JOVE I'LL BE FREE.''' English, Air (3/8 time). D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The song appears in John Simpson's '''The Delightful Pocket Companion, vol 2''' (London, 1745), attributed to Mr. Boyce. It subsequently appeared in other songsters, such as John Fielding's '''The Convivial Songster''' (London, 1782) and the American Sway & Ely's '''The Songster's Assistant''' (Suffield, Conn., 1800). | '''BY JOVE I'LL BE FREE.''' AKA - "Come all you young lovers." English, Air (3/8 time). D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The song appears in John Simpson's '''The Delightful Pocket Companion, vol 2''' (London, 1745), attributed to Mr. Boyce. It subsequently appeared in other songsters, such as John Fielding's '''The Convivial Songster''' (London, 1782) and the American Sway & Ely's '''The Songster's Assistant''' (Suffield, Conn., 1800). It begins: | ||
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<br> | ''Come all you young lovers who wan with despair,''<br> | ||
''Composed idle sonnets, and long for the fair;''<br> | |||
''Who puff up their pride by enhancing their charms,''<br> | |||
''And tell them 'tis heaven to lie in their arms;''<br> | |||
''Be wise, by example, take pattern from me,''<br> | |||
''For let what will happen, by Jove, I'll be free.''<br> | |||
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BY JOVE I'LL BE FREE. AKA - "Come all you young lovers." English, Air (3/8 time). D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The song appears in John Simpson's The Delightful Pocket Companion, vol 2 (London, 1745), attributed to Mr. Boyce. It subsequently appeared in other songsters, such as John Fielding's The Convivial Songster (London, 1782) and the American Sway & Ely's The Songster's Assistant (Suffield, Conn., 1800). It begins:
Come all you young lovers who wan with despair,
Composed idle sonnets, and long for the fair;
Who puff up their pride by enhancing their charms,
And tell them 'tis heaven to lie in their arms;
Be wise, by example, take pattern from me,
For let what will happen, by Jove, I'll be free.
Source for notated version:
Printed sources: Aird (Selection of Scotch, English, Irish and Foreign Airs, vol. 3), 1788; No. 498, p. 191
Recorded sources:
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