Blab not what you ought to Smother

X:1 T:Blab not what you ought to Smother M:3/8 L:1/8 R:Air S:Geoghegan - Compleat Tutor for the Pastoral or New Bagpipe (c. 1745-46). Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion K:G GBd | e/d/c/B/A/G/|Gdg| !trill!g2f | dgb | a/g/f/e/d/c/ | B/d/gB | BAz | GBd | e/d/c/B/A/G/|Fdg| !trill!g2f | ba/g/f/e/ | ag/f/e/d/ | gfe | "tr"A3 | Aab | ^c2d | (3g/f/e/ !trill!e2 | d3 ||dfa|ag/f/e/d/|cac|!trill!c2B|Bba| gfe|fg/a/f/e/|e2 z|g/f/gd|e/d/eB|c/B/cd|e/f/g/e/d|gde| dc/B/A/G/|c !trill!d2|e2z|zc'b|ag/f/e/d/ |e/a/!trill!f2|g3||

 BLAB NOT WHAT YOU OUGHT TO SMOTHER. English, Air (3/8 time). G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB. The melody appears in Calliope (vol. 2, p. 57, 1746), Universal Harmony and on period songsheets. It begins: Blab not what you ought to smother, Honour's laws should sacred be; Boasting favours from another, ''Ne'er will favour gain with me.  Printed source:'' Geoghegan (Compleat Tutor for the Pastoral or New Bagpipes), c. 1745-46; p. 28. __NORICHEDITOR__