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John Clarke-Whitfeld
(1770 - 1836)
Had I a heart for falsehood framed
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149203 : Clarke-Whitfeld : Had I a heart for falsehood framed : sheet music
Catalogued as Choral - Secular (Glees and Catches)
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Clarke-Whitfeld expanded a song to five voices with (optional) accompaniment, for use aa a glee. Traditionally, glees were sung unaccompanied, and Clarke-Whitfeld's reduction may be intended for practice purposes only.
The song had particular resonance in Bath, being taken from Sheridan's pastiche opera "The Duenna", which hinted at the family life of his in-laws. The tune selected by Thomas Linley (or his son, Thomas the younger) as a vehicle for the words is the then popular "Gramachree Molly", an Irish (or possibly Scottish) air. Johann Christian Fischer's set of variations on the air is also available as a notAmos edition.
The song had particular resonance in Bath, being taken from Sheridan's pastiche opera "The Duenna", which hinted at the family life of his in-laws. The tune selected by Thomas Linley (or his son, Thomas the younger) as a vehicle for the words is the then popular "Gramachree Molly", an Irish (or possibly Scottish) air. Johann Christian Fischer's set of variations on the air is also available as a notAmos edition.
Lyrics: Richard Brinsley Sheridan
Had I a heart for falsehood framed
I ne'er could injure you;
For, though your tongue no promise claimed,
Your charms would make me true.
To you no soul shall bear deceit,
No stranger offer wrong,
But friends in all the aged you'll meet,
And lovers in the young.
But when they learn that you have bless'd
Another with your heart,
They'll bid aspiring passions rest
And act another part;
Then, Lady, fear nor dread deceit,
Nor fear to suffer wrong,
For friends in all the aged you'll meet,
And brothers in the young.
Had I a heart for falsehood framed
I ne'er could injure you;
For, though your tongue no promise claimed,
Your charms would make me true.
To you no soul shall bear deceit,
No stranger offer wrong,
But friends in all the aged you'll meet,
And lovers in the young.
But when they learn that you have bless'd
Another with your heart,
They'll bid aspiring passions rest
And act another part;
Then, Lady, fear nor dread deceit,
Nor fear to suffer wrong,
For friends in all the aged you'll meet,
And brothers in the young.