The Book of English Songs: From the Sixteenth to the Nineteenth CenturyCharles Mackay |
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... sighing cries Hey ho ! Love is a torment of the mind , A tempest everlasting , And heav'n has made it of a kind , Not well ; -nor full , nor fasting . Why so ? If we enjoy it , soon it dies , If not enjoyed , it sighing cries Hey ho ! SIGH ...
... sighing cries Hey ho ! Love is a torment of the mind , A tempest everlasting , And heav'n has made it of a kind , Not well ; -nor full , nor fasting . Why so ? If we enjoy it , soon it dies , If not enjoyed , it sighing cries Hey ho ! SIGH ...
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... SIGH no more , ladies , sigh no more , Men were deceivers ever ; One foot in sea , and one on shore , To one thing constant never : Then sigh not so , But let them go , And be you blithe and bonny , Converting all your sounds of woe ...
... SIGH no more , ladies , sigh no more , Men were deceivers ever ; One foot in sea , and one on shore , To one thing constant never : Then sigh not so , But let them go , And be you blithe and bonny , Converting all your sounds of woe ...
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... sighs must prove , For I , alas ! have nought but love . How wretched is the faithful youth , Since women's hearts are bought and sold ; They ask no vows of sacred truth ; Whene'er they sigh , they sigh for gold . Gold can the frowns of ...
... sighs must prove , For I , alas ! have nought but love . How wretched is the faithful youth , Since women's hearts are bought and sold ; They ask no vows of sacred truth ; Whene'er they sigh , they sigh for gold . Gold can the frowns of ...
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Abraham Newland Bacchus beauty born bosom bowl boys brave breath British grenadiers CHARLES DIBDIN CHARLES MACKAY charms cheer cold County Guy cuckoo dear death delight died doth drink e'er England English eyes fair Falero fear flowers give glory Harry Carey hath heart Hearts of oak heav'n his soul heaven high trolollie John jolly King kiss ladies land lass leather bottèl lero live Lord love's lovers maid merrily merry mind morn ne'er never night o'er old cap Opera-box pain passion pipe pleasure poor praise pretty R. B. SHERIDAN round row row Rule Britannia sail sailors shepherds ship sigh smile sorrow soul may dwell sport sung swain sweet tears tell thee there's thine THOMAS THOMAS HAYNES BAYLEY THOMAS MOORE thou tree true Twas Vicar of Bray wine wish in heav'n youth