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VOCAL SHELL, THE. AKA - "Once more I'll tune the vocal shell." Scottish, Air (whole time). G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABBCCDD. "Once more I'll tune the vocal shell" is a song attributed to actor, producer and entrepreneur David Garrick (1717–1779), supposedly in honor of actress Margaret Woffington. It has also been attributed to fellow admirer Sir Charles Hanbury Williams.

Once more I'll tune the vocal shell,
To hills and dales my passion tell;
A flame which time can never quell,
That burns for lovely Peggy.
Yet greater bards the lyre should hit;
For say what subject is more fit,
Than to record the sacred wit,
And bloom of lovely Peggy.

Source for notated version:

Printed sources: Oswald (Caledonian Pocket Companion, Book 12), 1760; p. 21.

Recorded sources:

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