"Come My Brave Hearts"
Music and lyrics
By
Thomas Gataker
An air from Gataker's comic operetta
"The Jealous Clown: or The Lucky Mistake, an Opera in One Act,"
published in 1730 London.��
How Happy is be,
That from Troubles is free,
Whilst others at theirs are repining:
But none can compare,
What Sorrows soe'er,
With those that in Wedlock are joining.
For when you are in
That double-cursed Gin,
The Fruits of your Pleasure e'erafter,
Are that you will be
From Troubles ne'er free,
And perhaps with th'worst -- that's a Daughter.
Alternate lyrics for 21st Century Americans:
How Happy I be,
That from Troubles I'm free,
Whilst others at theirs are repining:
But none can compare,
What Sorrows soe'er,
With those that in Wedlock are joining.
For when you are in
That double-cursed Gin,
The Fruits of your Pleasure e'erafter,
Are that you will be
From Troubles ne'er free,
And perhaps with th'worst -- that's a Daughter.