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Devon, England, United Kingdom (1685 – 1732)
John Gay (30 June 1685 - 4 December 1732) was an English poet and dramatist. He is best remembered for The Beggar's Opera (1728), set to music by Johann Christoph Pepusch. The characters, including Captain Macheath and Polly Peachum, became household names.
Gay was born in Barnstaple, England and was educated at the town's grammar school. On leaving school he was apprenticed to a silk mercer in London, but being weary, according to Samuel Johnson, "of either the restraint or the… read more
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| 1 | Our Polly is a sad slut |
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| 2 | Were I laid on Greenland's coast |
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| 3 | My heart was so free |
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| 4 | In the days of my youth |
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| 5 | How cruel are the traitors |
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| 6 | A fox may steal your hens, sir |
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| 7 | Man may escape from rope and gun |
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| 8 | When you censure the age |
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| 9 | Through All The Employments Of Life |
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| 10 | How happy could I be with either |
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