Isaac Bickerstaffe
Isaac Bickerstaffe
Isaac Bickerstaffe or Bickerstaffwas an Irish playwright and Librettist...
jolly lark lived miller river sang till worked
There was a jolly miller once, / Lived on the river Dee; / He worked and sang from morn till night; / No lark more blithe than he.
burden care cares song
And this the burden of his song / For ever used to be, / I care for nobody, not I, / If no one cares for me.
home land wife
How happy is the sailor's life, from coast to coast to roam; in every port he finds a wife, in every land a home.
littles enough ifs
But if I'm content with a little, Enough is as good as a feast.
goes-on folks
Tis a sure sign work goes on merrily, when folks sing at it.
kings greatness men
The greatness that would make us grave, Is but an empty thing. What more than mirth would mortals have? The cheerful man's a king.