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THE ANGLER'S SONG,* 

 SET BY H. LAWES, 1653. 



Man's life is but vain; For 'ti» sub - - jcct to 



J liodgc podge of bus' - ness, and mo- • ncy, and rare; and 



J- «L J 



A J 1 J- -± 



hotlge podge of bus*- ntss, and mo - - liey, and care ; and 



r • c 



e, and mo - « ney and trou - ble. 



* Walton himself calls this a " Catch"— Hawkins styles it a Song— 

 probably from the nature of the words, although the music is perfectly 

 that of the Madrigal so much in the fashion of the time, and now again 

 revived by persons of the best musical taste. The above version 



