Season, 1827 Songs, Duets and Glees, Sung in the open Orchestra, at the Royal Gardens, Vauxhall [by W. T. Thomas] |
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CHAPTER OF CLOAKS.
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CHAPTER OF CLOAKS.
—Comic Song.
When I came to town lately, I found, 'tis no joke,
Young and old, men and women, each wearing a cloak;
So thinks I, I will e'en do as other folks do,
To be in the fashion I'll have a cloak, too.
Tol de rol, &c.
Young and old, men and women, each wearing a cloak;
So thinks I, I will e'en do as other folks do,
To be in the fashion I'll have a cloak, too.
Tol de rol, &c.
Why not? for I'll prove, in the course of life's pother,
We all of us wear a cloak some time or other;
For there's none but must own, howe'er great be his pride,
He has something 'tis sometimes convenient to hide.
Tol de rol, &c.
We all of us wear a cloak some time or other;
For there's none but must own, howe'er great be his pride,
He has something 'tis sometimes convenient to hide.
Tol de rol, &c.
The Dandy, en militaire, still wears his cloak,
And thinks a cigar 'tis the tippy to smoke;
With his fine frill and brooches he makes a great shew,
But take off his cloak, 'tis all dickey, you know.
Tol de rol, &c.
And thinks a cigar 'tis the tippy to smoke;
With his fine frill and brooches he makes a great shew,
But take off his cloak, 'tis all dickey, you know.
Tol de rol, &c.
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Young Miss, with her beauty-spots, rouge, airs, and graces,
In the hood of her cloak often carries two faces;
Her Lover still swears she's an angel uncommon,
Till she throws off her cloak, when he finds she's a woman!
Tol de rol, &c.
In the hood of her cloak often carries two faces;
Her Lover still swears she's an angel uncommon,
Till she throws off her cloak, when he finds she's a woman!
Tol de rol, &c.
The Lover, till wed, seems to court beauty's sway,
And swears he but lives her commands to obey;
But once tightly noos'd in the conjugal yoke,
'Tis do this and that, ma'am! for off goes his cloak
Tol de rol, &c.
And swears he but lives her commands to obey;
But once tightly noos'd in the conjugal yoke,
'Tis do this and that, ma'am! for off goes his cloak
Tol de rol, &c.
The Lawyer a cloak wears, as well as the lover,
So many old suits he has always to cover;
His cloak once thrown off shews a great deal of evil,
For 'stead of the Lawyer, oh! dear, there's the Devil!
Tol de rol, &c.
So many old suits he has always to cover;
His cloak once thrown off shews a great deal of evil,
For 'stead of the Lawyer, oh! dear, there's the Devil!
Tol de rol, &c.
| Season, 1827 | |