Think no more, Lad, laugh, be jolly
Music: Arthur Somervell (1863–1937) · Words: Alfred Edward Housman (1859–1936)
Think no more, lad; laugh, be jolly;
Why should men make haste to die?
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The words
Think no more, lad; laugh, be jolly;
Why should men make haste to die?
Empty heads and tongues atalking Make the
rough road easy walking, And the feather pate
of folly Bears the falling sky.
Oh, ’tis jesting, dancing, drinking Spins the
heavy world around. If young hearts were not
so clever, Oh, they would be young for ever;
Think no more: ’tis only thinking Lays lads
under- ground.
Think no more, lad; laugh, be jolly;
Why should men make haste to die?
Empty heads and tongues atalking Make the
rough road easy walking, And the feather pate
of folly Bears the falling sky.
About this song
- Music
- Arthur Somervell (1863–1937) (dates as OpenScore states them)
- Words
- Alfred Edward Housman (1859–1936) (dates as LiederNet Archive states them)
- Language
- English, as its source states it
- First published
- in or before 1904, as IMSLP states it
- Length
- 1:12
- Its source files it as
- A Shropshire Lad
- The score
- OpenScore Lieder Corpus; CC0 1.0, as its source states it. OpenScore Lieder Corpus (CC0)
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