Annotation:Shepherd's Invitation (The)
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SHEPHERD'S INVITATION, THE. English, Air (cut time). G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABBCCDD. The song "The Shepherd's Invitation" was printed in mid-18th century song sheets and songsters such as Muses Delight (1754, p. 91). The pastoral piece was sung by "Mr. Sulivan" at Sadler's Wells, a London pleasure garden, and words were printed in The London Magazine of September, 1744, as "Phillis; or, the Shepherd's Invitation":
The morning fresh, the sun in east,
New-gilds the smiling day;
The lark forsakes his dewy nest,
The fields around are gaily dress,
Arise, my love! and play, and play,
Arise, my love! and play.
