Originally in the words of the song and subsequently with allusion to them: a woman wearing green sleeves (also with the suggestion of…
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释义 | society > leisure > the arts > music > type of music > vocal music > types of song > [noun] > specific song (8) Greensleeves1584 Originally in the words of the song and subsequently with allusion to them: a woman wearing green sleeves (also with the suggestion of… loath to depart1584 originally the tune of a song (probably containing those words) expressive of regret for departure; transferred any tune played as a farewell. up tails all1601 up tails all, the name of an old song and its tune. Also used allusively (see tail, n.1 5 5c). welcome song1681 the first ode composed by Purcell (see quots.). Lillibullero1688 Part of the refrain (hence, the name and the tune) of a song ridiculing the Irish, popular about 1688. Hallelujah Chorus1775 (usually with the) the chorus at the end of Part II of Handel's Messiah which is punctuated with exclamations of ‘hallelujah’; (more generally… alleluia chorus1819 = Hallelujah Chorus n. at hallelujah, int. n.2compounds 2. knees up, Mother Brown1939 A light-hearted popular song beginning thus; a popular dance in which the knees are vigorously raised to the accompaniment of the song. So elliptical… |
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