I gave her cakes and I gave her ale (Henry Purcell)

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Editor: Laura Conrad (submitted 2002-08-12).   Score information: 280 kbytes   Copyright: GnuGPL

Edition notes: From a collection of 25 Drinking songs

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Title: I gave her cakes and I gave her ale
Composer: Henry Purcell

Number of voices: 3vv  Voicing: TTB
Genre: Secular, Canons

Language: English
Instruments: a cappella
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Original text and translations

English text

I gave her cakes, and I gave her ale,

and I gave her sack and sherry,

kiss'd her once, and I kissed her twice,

And we were wondrous merry.

I gave her beads and bracelets fine,

And I gave her gold, down derry.

I thought she was afear'd, till she stroked my beard,

And we were wondrous merry.

Merry, my heart's merry,

my cock's merry,

my spright's merry,

merry, merry.