Scores of a song entitled "The Quarrel of the Arts"
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The Quarrel of the Arts To be Sung at the Royal Accademy the 29th April 1780 Mr Champness
Solo Mr Reinhold One ev’ning last week as I rambled this way I was witness good sir to a terrible fray a terrible a terrible terrible fray the Brush the Chissel & the Rule were fighting in Minerva’s school the Brush the Chissel and the Rule were fighting in Minerva’s school were fighting in Minerva’s as sisters seldom can agree for dear dear su periority Like Billingsgate Brawlers full fast their tongues ran and thus in loud accents the scolding began like Bellingsgate
Brawlers full fast their tongues ran and thus in loud accents the scoldings began Mr Dyne. Who rais’d this fair structure Mr. Who. %. Quoth sculpture ‘twas Mr Champness. Who rais’d this fair structure
Quoth pinting you
Quoth grave architecture sweet sister you lie
both are mistaken ‘twas I ‘twas I ‘twas you lie you lie you lie ‘twas I ‘twas I ‘twas
I ‘twas I you both are mistaken ‘twas I ‘twas I you lie you lie ‘t was I ‘twas I you both are mistaken ‘twas I ‘twas I
‘twas I ‘twas I ‘twas I ‘twas I ‘twas I ‘twas you lie you lie ‘twas I ‘twas I you lie you lie
I ‘twas I ‘twas I ‘twas I ‘twas I you lie you you lie you lie you lie you lie ‘twas I ‘twas you lie you lie
lie you lie you lie ‘twas I ‘twas I you lie you lie ‘twas I ‘twas I ‘twas I ‘twas I % ‘twas I ‘twas I ‘twas I ‘twas I
I you lie you lie you lie you lie you lie you you lie you lie you lie ‘twas I ‘twas I you lie you lie you lie you
lie you lie you lie you lie ‘twas I ‘twas lie you lie you lie you lie ‘twas I ‘twas lie you lie you lie you lie ‘twas I ‘twas
I you lie ‘twas I ‘twas I I I you lie ‘twas I ‘twas I I rais’d up the pillars
I laid on the Colours the palm is my sculptur’d the stone
own is my own piathe pia palm is my own the palm the pia the palm is my own pia the palm is my own the
the palm is my own the palm is my own foryou palm the palm foryou lie palm the palm is my own the palm is my own foryou
lie you lie you lie tis I you lie you lie you lie the you lie ‘tis I 'tis I you % lie you lie you lie ‘tis I you lie you lie you lie you lie the
palm is my own you lie you lie you lie the palm is my % palm is my own you lie you lie you lie you lie the palm is my
own the palm is my own own the palm is my own. Siegue
Mr Dyne Mr Mr Reinhold In good truth cried Minerva I must inter Mr Champness
fere we’ll have naught but good humour and Harmony here Riss &
friends I beseach you and try all your skill to please our great
we we we we Master Kiss & friends we will so we will we will so we
will we will % we will we. Kiss & Friends Kiss & friends will we will so we will we
Kiss & friends Kiss & friends Kiss will so we will we will so we will Kiss
will so we will so we will so we will so we
Kiss Kiss and friends Kiss Kiss & friend Kiss
will so we will so we will so we will Kiss & Kiss & friends Kiss Kiss and friends
so we will. friends Kiss & friends. so we will so we will Kiss & friends
Kiss & friends so we will so we will, so we will so we will.
RA Collection: Archive
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