Thomas Arne
(1710 - 1778)

To keep my gentle Bessy (reduced accompaniment)
(Song)
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A song written for the dramatic farce of The Blind Beggar of Bethnal Green, 1741. This version published in Clio and Euterpe, or British Harmony, 1762.
Lyrics: ? Robert Dodsley

To keep my gentle Bessy,
What labour would seem hard?
Each toilsome task how easy!
Her love the sweet reward.
The bee, thus uncomplaining,
Esteems no toil severe,
The sweet reward obtaining,
Of honey all the year.