John Gay(1685–1732)

Air XXVII-HGreen Sleeves"

Act III, Scene xiii, Air XXVII—"GreenSleeves"7

Since laws were m a d e , for every degree,

To curb vice in others, as well as me,

I wonder we han't better c o m p a n y

U p o n Tyburn tree.8

B u t gold fro m law ca n take out the sting;

And if rich m e n , like us, were to swing,

'Twould thin the land, such n u m b e r s to string

U p o n Tyburn tree.