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'''MISER THUS A SHILLING SEES, THE.''' AKA and see "[[O the broom]]." English, Air. The tune | '''MISER THUS A SHILLING SEES, THE.''' AKA and see "[[O the broom]]." English, Air. The tune appears under this title in Gay's '''Beggar's Opera''' (Air 18, 1729), where it is sung in Act I by McHeath and Polly. | ||
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Macheath:<br> | |||
''The Miser thus a Shilling sees,''<br> | |||
''Which he's oblig'd to pay,''<br> | |||
''With sighs resigns it by degrees,''<br> | |||
''And fears 'tis gone for aye.''<br> | |||
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Polly:<br> | |||
''The Miser thus a Shilling sees,''<br> | |||
''Which he's oblig'd to pay,''<br> | |||
''With sighs resigns it by degrees,''<br> | |||
''And fears 'tis gone for aye.''<br> | |||
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It also appears in '''Orpheus Caledonius''' (1725-6). | |||
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MISER THUS A SHILLING SEES, THE. AKA and see "O the broom." English, Air. The tune appears under this title in Gay's Beggar's Opera (Air 18, 1729), where it is sung in Act I by McHeath and Polly.
Macheath:
The Miser thus a Shilling sees,
Which he's oblig'd to pay,
With sighs resigns it by degrees,
And fears 'tis gone for aye.
Polly:
The Miser thus a Shilling sees,
Which he's oblig'd to pay,
With sighs resigns it by degrees,
And fears 'tis gone for aye.
It also appears in Orpheus Caledonius (1725-6).
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