by Anonymous / Unidentified Author
The country gentleman
Language: English
Though strange outlandish spirits Praise towns and countries scorn, The country is my home, I dwell where I was born. There profit and command With pleasure I partake, Yet do not hawks and dogs My sole companions make. I rule, but not oppress; End quarrels, not maintain; See towns, but dwell not there To abridge my charge or train.
Lyrics from the Song-Books of the Elizabethan Age, ed. by A. H. Bullen, London, John C. Nimmo, 1887, page 184.
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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 John Maynard (c1577 - 1633), "The country gentleman", published 1611, from the collection Twelve Wonders of the World [text verified 1 time]
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website: 2014-02-25
Line count: 12
Word count: 59