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Thomas Arne
(1710 - 1778)
To keep my gentle Bessy (full accompaniment)
(Soprano/Tenor,Flute/Violin,Continuo)
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To keep my gentle Bessy (full accompaniment)
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149089 : Arne : To keep my gentle Bessy (full accompaniment) : sheet music
Catalogued as Choral - Secular (Songs and Concert Airs)
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. A version for keyboard only accompaniment is also available.
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.
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.