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PG-P.737.014
12-19 May 1737:11,12 (440)
London, January 4. On Saturday last the Ode for the New
Year, compos'd by Colley Cibber, Esq; Poet Laureat, and set
to musick by Dr. Green was sung before her Majesty and the
rest of the Royal Family at St. James's; the vocal parts by
Mr. Gates, Mr. Row, Mr. Abbot, Mr. Beard, Mr. Lloyd and the
boys of the Royal Chapel; and the instrumental by his
Majesty's Band of Musick.
AIR
Grateful Britons! grace the day,
Give to Godlike George his due:
This alone shall swell the lay;
George is blest, in blessing you.
. . . [36 more lines, chorus, recitativo, air, etc. with
more references to "raise the song."]
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