| 单词 | up tails all |
| 释义 | > as lemmasup tails all 1. up tails all, the name of an old song and its tune. Also used allusively (see tail n.1 5, 5c). ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > type of music > vocal music > types of song > [noun] > specific song Greensleeves1584 loath to depart1584 up tails all1601 welcome song1681 Lillibullero1688 Hallelujah Chorus1775 alleluia chorus1819 knees up, Mother Brown1939 1601 B. Jonson Every Man in his Humor i. iii. sig. C2v Hang sorrow, care will kill a cat, vptailes all, and a poxe on the hangman. View more context for this quotation 1607 E. Sharpham Fleire (1610) F j b Shee euerie day sings Iohn for the king, and at Vp-tailes all, shees perfect. 1610 R. Vaughan Most Approved Water-workes K 2 Though I am no Poet yet I can make Ballads, To the tune of vp-tayls-all. 1648 R. Herrick Hesperides sig. V2 For love he doth call For his Uptailes all; And that's the part to be acted. 1697 J. Vanbrugh Provok'd Wife v. 67 Mademois. Wy wat be de matter? Ras. The Matter?—why, Uptails All's the Matter... My Lady has Cuckolded my Master. < as lemmas |
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