Fun Facts:
1) This song was originally incidental musical for Thomas D'Urfey's play A Fool's Preferment.
2) This song includes a lot of word-painting (the melody goes up when the narrator sings about climbing, etc.).
3) The "dog-star" in this song is Sirius, the brightest star in the sky.
"I'll sail upon the Dog Star,
And then pursue the morning,
I'll chase the moon 'till it be noon,
But I'll make her leave her horning.
I'll climb the frosty mountain,
And there I'll coin the weather;
I'll tear the rainbow from the sky,
And tie both ends together.
The starts pluck from their orbs, too,
And crowd them in my budget!
And whether I'm a roaring boy,
Let all the nations judge it."