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by Anonymous / Unidentified Author

[No title]
 (Sung text for setting by L. Berio)
 Matches base text
Language: English 
Where are ye fair maids
that have need of our trades?
I sell you a rare confection.                
Will you have your face spread          
either with white or red?                     
My drugs are no dregs                        
for I love the white of eggs                 
made in rare confection.                    
Will ye buy any fair complexion?

Composition:

    Set to music by Luciano Berio (1925 - 2003), no title, from Cries of London, no. 2

Text Authorship:

  • by Anonymous / Unidentified Author, well-known phrases of vendors on the streets of old London.

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Researcher for this page: John Versmoren

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 9
Word count: 50

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