Annotation:Miser thus a shilling sees (The)

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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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