s Desires:
Though willing to all, with but one he retires.
But think of this Maxim, and put off your Sorrow,
The Wretch of To-day, may be happy To-morrow.

_Chorus._ But think of this Maxim, &c.

FINIS.

[Illustration]

Printed in Great Britain by
Richard Clay & Sons, Limited,
Bungay, Suffolk.

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Errata Noted by Transcriber:

Inconsistencies:
Dramatis Personae: "Mat of the Mint"
[_The name is spelled "Mat" here and on the character's first
entrance, "Matt" everywhere else._]
The place name "Mary-bone" is spelled randomly with and without
a hyphen.
There is no illustration at the end of Act II, Scene II.

Spelling Unchanged:
Air X. ... Whose Treasure is contreband.
the hypocrytical Strumpet

Punctuation or Capitalization Unchanged:

Dear Wife, be a little pacified, Don't let your Passion
of rich Brocade. --that, I see, is dispos'd of.
you had a handsom Gold Watch of us 'tother Day
--But are you sure it is Captain _Macheath_.
but to see thee / thus distracts me?
Air LXI. The stronger Liquor we'er drinking;

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_About the Music_

The following information is also given in the text file
"about_the_music" in the "Music" directory.

The music in the printed book appears to be a hand-written copy of the
1765 original, retaining or adding assorted minor errors. In particular,
the use of double bar lines or repeats seems to be almost entirely
arbitrary. In the PDF and MIDI files, obvious errors such as missing
dots after notes have been corrected, and a few ties have been added.
Repeats are used only when required by the lyrics as printed.

All music files, including the PDF images, are in the "Music" directory.
In addition to individual Airs, there are PDF files containing the
collected songs for each scene that has more than one song. Air LXVIII
(the final song) has been omitted because it takes up a complete page by
itself.

_Changing the Tempo_

If you want to change the tempo of a MIDI file, do this:

--Install the lilypond program (free from lilypond.org)

--Open the file you want to edit (named in the form "air_N.ly" using the
same Roman numerals as in the text) and scroll down to the bottom. The
"make-mom