Тональность: D major
Verse 1
D
G
When you censure the aged,
C
A
be cautious and sage,
C
D
Since authority offended could be.
G
If you mention vice or bribe,
C
D
Tis so pat to all the tribe.
D
G
D
That was levelled at me!
G
D
G
Whatever man's estate,
C
You will find him profligate,
A
C
D
So be careful who it is you do defame.
G
Call your serving wench a whore,
C
D
And the lady from next door will cry,
Eb
Ab
Sir, did you mention my name?
D
G
When vice is so rife,
C
A
tis a pity on my life,
D
C
D
Should you ever try to cleanse this
world of sins.
G
Tell the bishop in his sea,
C
D
You're opposed to sodomy,
And he'll think you are
G
D
G
talking of him.
D
G
Ask any magistrate
C
D
A
why his knowledge is so great
D
in the catalogue of theft and
vice and crime.
He'll not think of it as praise
G
C
D
for his legalistic ways.
G
C
But suspect you know he's
G
D
at it all the time.
G
People in a lowly way
C
A
must be careful what they say
C
D
A
for li bel's only worthwhile
D
A
if you're rich.
D
There's a parliamentary man
G
C
D
who will slander all he can
C
And then hide behind the
D
rules of privilege
Shhh, Brother Lockett
Yes, Brother Peacham?
Take care lest we go too far
Are you criticising me, Brother?
Now don't get heated, Brother
You know we two have to stick together
G
When we have a loyal friend
C
A
On whom we can depend
D
C
D
A friendship that's been
well and truly tried
G
Beware the hasty slip
C
D
That could break our partnership
G
D
And leave us both in turd side
G
C
G
D
G
by side
D
Oh, oh.
Though the prison chaplain
was out of the way today,
I hope, dear, you will,
upon the very first opportunity,
quiet my scruples.
Oh, I shall, my dear,
I shall, I shall.
And now to my escape.
What love or money can do shall be done.
Where is my dear husband?
Why dost thou turn away from me?
Tis thou Polly, tis thou wife?
Was there ever such
an unfortunate rascal as myself?
Wife?
What does she mean, wife?
I had the wenches distracted.
Am I then bilked of my virtue?
Can I have no reparation?
Sure men were born to lie
and women to believe them.
Am I not thy wife?
Yes. Ah, perfidious wretch!
No, no.
Barbarous husband!
Yes, no.
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