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Catherine Bott, Concerto Caledonia - Ballance a Straw

from Colin's Kisses: the music of James Oswald by Concerto Caledonia

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lyrics

From the man whom I Love, tho’ my Heart I disguise,
I will freely discribe the Wretch I despise,
And if he has Sense but to ballance a Straw,
He will sure take the Hint from the Picture I draw.

A Wit without Sense, without Fancy a Beau,
Like a Parrot he chatters, and struts like a Crow.
A Peacock in Pride, in Grimace a Baboon,
In Courage a Hind, in conceit a Gascoon.

As a vulture rapacious, in Falsehood a Fox,
Inconstant as Waves, and unfeeling as Rocks,
As a Tyger ferocious, perverse as a Hog,
In Mischief an Ape, and in fawning a Dog.

In a Word to sum all his Talents together,
His Heart is of Lead, and his Brain is of Feather.
Yet if he has Sense but to ballance a Straw,
He will sure take the Hint, from the Picture I draw.

credits

from Colin's Kisses: the music of James Oswald, released August 1, 1999

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