Purcell - Young John the Gard'ner (Z 292) - Animation

Animated text of the catch (a type of multi-voice canon) "Young John the Gard'ner" (Z 292), by Henry Purcell. Performed by the Deller Consort.

Text:
1. Young John the gard'ner, having lately got
A very rich and fertile garden plot,
2. bragging to Joan, quoth he: "So rich a ground
for melons cannot in the World be found."
3. "That's a damn'd lie!" quoth Joan, "for I can tell
a place that does your garden far excel."
4. "Where's that?" says John; "In my arse!" quoth Joan, “for there
is store of dung and water all the year."

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