THE ANGLER'S SONG.* 

 SET BY H. LAWKS, 1653. 



HARMONIZED FOR FOUR VOICES. 

 BY J. S. MAJOR, 1844. 



Man's life ia but vain; For 'tis sub-ject to pain, And sor - row, and 



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short aa a bub-ble ; 'Tis a hodge-podge of business and mon ey and 



care ; And care and mon-ey and trouble. But we'll take no care When the 



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weather proves fair; Nor will we vex now tho' it rain; We'll ban-iph all 

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eor- row, And sing till to mor-row, And an - gle and an - gle a - gain. 



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* Walton himself calls this a " Catch," Hawkins styles it a Song, proba- 

 bly 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 per- 

 sons of the best musical ta^te. The above version is harmonized for four 

 voices, the Alto and Tenor being now first added. For the convenience of 

 publication, the four parts are given on two staves instead of a stave for each 

 voj c e a double tail being added where two voices sing the same note. 



