Mirth and Metre consisting of Poems, Serious, Humorous, and Satirical; Songs, Sonnets, Ballads & Bagatelles. Written by C. Dibdin, Jun |
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MOCK ITALIAN BRAVURA.
At chaunting a grand pomposo,My master so great was he;
Allegro and amoroso,
He sung all with merry glee,
Baraba, barapa, barara, barapa, baraba, bara;
Carava, barava, barava, carava, bara, la!
At chaunting a grand pomposo,
My master might clever be;
Allegro and amoroso,
I sing just as well as he.
I sing in sweet stuccato,
To notes of Pizzicato,
And then in soft falsetto,
A stanza chaunt, if you piacuto,
Or make it two with sostenuto;
And close in a duetto.
In dear Italiano,
My subject is piano,
Soft melting mimums then I futio,
And in the tenderest cadence mutio;
But best I sing in seminot a,
For they come squeezing thro' my throata,
But when in deepest basso,
My notes more freely passo;
Then I get into the middle,
With a solo on the fiddle;
Toot! toot! toot!
De little flute;
Tum, dum, dum;
De great big drum;
Trumpet blow, tan ta ra.
Oboe go, pa, pa, pa,
Then triangle,
Tingle tangle.
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Fiddle, drum, and basso going,
Make a very great, grand crasho!
Altogether come dash smasho!
Piano! pianissimo! diminuendo!
It's now piano, and now crescendo!
Mezzo forte,
Forte, forte,
O, fortissimo!
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