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GOSSIP,
OR
THEY
SAY.---
Original.
L.
M.
"He
that
uttereth
slander
is
a
fool.-Prov.
10:18.
B.
F.
W.,
1869.
Key
of
A
Minor.
Music
and
Poetry
by
B.
F.
White.
1. They
say-
ah!
well,
sup-pose
they
do,
But
does
that
prove
the
sto
-
ry
true?
Sus
-
pi
-
cion
may
a
-
rise
from
naught, Or
2, They
say---but
why
the
tale
re
-
hearse,
And
help
to
make
the
mat-ter
worse?
No
good
can
pos
-
si
-
bly
ac
-
crue
From
mal
-
ice,
en
-
vy,
want
of
thought
Why
count
your-self
a
-
mong
the
they,
Who
whis
-
per
what
you
dare
not
say?
tell
-
ing
what
may
be
un
-
true,
And
is
it
not
a
no
-
bler
plan
To
speak
of
all
the
best
you
can?
The
above
tune
was
made
for
the
fourth
edition
of
the
Sacred
Harp
by
Major
B.
F.
White
in
1869.
He
also
composed
the
words,
See
remarks
about
B. F.
White
under
tune
Baptismal
Anthem,
pages
232
and
233.