by Anonymous / Unidentified Author
Catch
Language: English
Call for the reck'ning and let us be gone: such careless attendance sure never was known. Pray ring the bell till the drawers come up: nay prithee pull on, till you break the rope. Why sure, they're asleep, a pox take 'em all! O, now they come sneaking with "Gentlemen, d'ye call?"
Authorship:
- by Anonymous / Unidentified Author [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Henry Purcell (1658/9 - 1695), "Catch", Z. 244. [text verified 1 time]
Researcher for this page: Tinelot Wittermans
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 6
Word count: 52