Lilliburlero

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Song TitleLilliburlero (Search)
Composer(s):John Edmunds
Author(s):Lord Thomas, 1st Marquess of Wharton PC Wharton
Keyword(s) & Features: Asses; Bogs; Brave; Catholics; Christ Church Cathedral; Cutting; Decrees; Deputies; Dogs; England; English; Folk Song; France; Gibberish; Heirs; Heretics; Humor; Ireland; Irish; King James II; Lads; Lords; Nations; Nobility; Nonsense words; Oaths; Politics; Prophecies; Protestants; Ridiculing; Ruling; Satire; St. Patrick's Cathedral; Swearing; Talbot, Richard, 1st Earl of Tyrconnell; Teague; Throats
First LineHo! brother Teague, d'ye hear de decree? (Search)
Year of composition 1953 (Search) Circa
Link to English Text Onlinehttp://www.lieder.net/lieder/get_text.html?TextId=127926
Musical FormModified strophic (Search)
Original LanguageEnglish (Search)
Score Source https://www.worldcat.org/title/folk-songs-american-english-irish/oclc/7201051&referer=brief_results
Difficulty LevelHS (Search)
Range: E4 - F5 (Search)
Original KeyF Major (Search)
NotesFolk tune based on a melody by Henry Purcell (Search)
Recommended Printed SourceR. D. Row Music Company, "John Edmunds: Folk Songs" (Search)
ContributorGTM (Search)
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