Whilst happy in my native land

X: 10881
T: Whilst happy in my native land
C:
Q: "Maestoso"
B: "Man of Feeling", Gaetano Brandi, ed. v.1 p.88-89
F: http://archive.org/details/manoffeelingorge00rugg
Z: 2012 John Chambers <jc:trillian.mit.edu>
M: C
L: 1/8
K: F
c2 | c>B A>B c2 c2 | c4 z2 f2 | d3 d c2 B2 |
w: Whilst hap-py in my na-tive land  I boast my Coun-trys
B2 A2 z2 A2 | G>G A>=B c2 d2 | e4 z2 f2 | g2 c2 (ce) (d=B) |
w: Char-ter  I'll ne-ver base-ly lend my hand her Li-ber-ties* to*
(c3 d) c2 f2 | g2 c2 ce d=B | (c3 d) c2 c2 | (G>A) (B>A) G2 d2 |
w: bar-*ter | | * * * The no-*ble* mind is
c2 B2 A2 B2 | c2 d2 c2 (fA) | A2 G2 z2 c2 | F3 G A2 c2 |
w: not at all by Po-ver-ty de-*grad-ed  'tis Guilt a-lone can
B3 A G2 c2 | G3 A B2 (dB) | B2 A2 z2 c2 | f2 f2 f2 c2 |
w: make us fall and well I am per-*suad-ed  Each free both Bri-ton's
d2 d2 d2 A2 | B3 c d2 e2 | f3 g a2 f2 | d2 B2 G2 e2 |
w: Song should be or give me Death or Li-ber-ty or give me Death or
f3 g f2 A2 | B3 c d2 e2 | f3 g a2 f2 | d2 B2 G2 e2 |
w: Li-ber-ty or give me Death or Li-ber-ty or give me Death or
f3 g f2 za | bagf ecde | f2 a2 c'2 za | bagf ecde | f2 a2 f2 |]
w: Li-ber-ty.
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W:2. Tho small the pow'r which Fortune grants,
W: \t And few the gifts she sends us;
W: The lordly hireling often wants,
W: \t That Freedom which defends us;
W: By Law secur'd from lawless strife,
W: \t Our House is our Castellum;
W: Thus bless'd with all that's dear in Life,
W: \t For Lucre shall we sell 'em:
W: No Ev'ry Briton's Song shall be,
W: \t Or give me Death or Liberty.
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