O How you Protest, and solemnly Lye, Look humble, and fawn like an Ass? I'm pleas'd I must own, whenever I see A Lover that's brought to this pass. But keep farther off, y'are naughty I fear; I vow I will never yield to't: You ask me in vain, for never I swear, I never, no never will do't. For when the Deed's done, how quickly you go; No more of the Lover remains. In haste you depart, what e're we can do, And stubbornly throw off your Chains: Desist then in time, let's hear on't no more; I vow I will never yield to't: You promise in vain, in vain you adore; I never, no never will do't.
The Mock Marriage
A play - incidental music by Henry Purcell (1658/9 - 1695)
1. Oh! how you protest  [sung text checked 1 time]
Language: English
Authorship:
- by Thomas Scott (flourished 1696-1697), appears in The Mock Marriage
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