by Anonymous / Unidentified Author
Play‑acting
Language: English
There's a jolly lot of laughter If you gaw inter the barn, They're playin' there und actin' An owld an' merry yarn. A big mun loves a woman Whom a fool loves an' nan dafter, An' the big mun tricks the fool aht, An' the audience rack wi' laughter. Yar go in an' yar watch it An' may yar laugh ter see; But oi will wark the lang road, It's a bit too true for me.
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 Peter Warlock (1894 - 1930), "Play-acting", 1920, published 1972 [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 12
Word count: 76