tune page
The Health
Found in Health_1.abc
from the John Chambers abc collection
X:55 T:The Health T:The Merry Wasel H:Chappell cites a song which certainly fits the title. Probably H:originally from a play, it has a number of specific personal H:references. The reference to Wickham may be a seafaring one, as that H:village is very near Portsmouth, a major port, particularly for H:military operations. M:C| L:1/4 Q:180 K:G B/2c/2|dd d>c|B G2 c/2d/2|ee B>c|d3 A/2B/2|cc BA|B2AG|AB A>G|G3|| W:Come, faith, since I'm parting W:And that God knows when W:The walls of sweet Wickham I shall see again W:Let's e'en have a frolic, and drink like tall men W:Till heads with healths go round W:Till heads with healths go round
Alternative sources for this tune:
- trillian.mit.edu/~jc/music/book/Playford/Health_1/0000
- trillian.mit.edu/~jc/music/abc/England/Playford/Merry_Wasel_1/0000
- trillian.mit.edu/~jc/music/abc/mirror/rgoldman.org/Health/0000
- trillian.mit.edu/~jc/music/abc/mirror/rgoldman.org/src/%55:HEALTH/0000
- trillian.mit.edu/~jc/music/book/Playford/Playford_pryanksters/0040