Oh doctor (Anonymous, set by F. Hutcheson) (The Lied and Art Song Texts Page: Texts and Translations to Lieder, mélodies, canzoni, and other classical vocal music)


Mother:
 "Oh doctor, oh doctor, I'm terrified out of my wits!
 Poor Nancy, my daughter, is fall'n into fits,
 oh doctor, poor Nancy is fall'n into fits,
 but you are come just in the nick."

Doctor:
 "The first step in cases like this,
 to be sure, is breaking a vein,
 I'll engage for the cure,
 if you'll just let me but give her a prick."

Aunt:
 "Dear doctor make haste,
 there's no time to be lost,
 To cure her we'll spare neither trouble nor cost,
 but whatever you do, do it quick."

Input by Tinelot Wittermans

Authorship

Anonymous/Unidentified Artist

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Francis Hutcheson (1694-1746)

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