A Catch, for three Voices:

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T: A Catch, for three Voices:
T: When liberty is put to sale
Z: 2014 John Chambers <jc:trillian.mit.edu>
S: The Gentleman's Magazine v.24, April 1754, p.182
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w: Curst be the wretch that's bought and sold, And bar-ters* li-ber-ty for gold,
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w: For when e-lec-tion is* not* free, In vain* we* boast of li-ber-ty.,
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w: And he who sells his* sing-le right, Would sell* his* count-rey's if he might.
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W: When liberty is put to sale   For wine, for money, or for ale;
W: The seller's must be abject slaves,   The buyers vile designing knaves,
W: And it has a proverb been of old,   The devil's bought but to be sold.
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W: This maxim in the statesman's school   Is always taught, divide and rule,
W: All parties are to him a joke,   While zealots foam he fits the yoke;
W: When men their reason once resume,   'Tis then the statesman's turn to fume.
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W: Learn, learn, ye Briton's to unite,   Leave off the old exploded bite;
W: Henceforth let Whig and Tory cease,   And turn all party-rage to peace;
W: Then shall we see a glorious thing,   And so, God bless great George our King.

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